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'Drunk' fruit flies could shed light on genetic basis of human alcohol abuse

10-19-2006 · EurekAlert!

Fruit flies get "drunk," just like humans, when exposed to large amounts of alcohol and may in future help to explain why some people are genetically predisposed to alcohol abuse. Humans and fruit flies respond to alcohol in a very similar way at the gene level, according to a study published today in the open access journal Genome Biology.

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