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6 - The Naked Fly

from Part II - Flies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2021

Lewis I. Held, Jr
Lewis I. Held, Jr
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Texas Tech University
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The abnormal animal that introduces this chapter is a fly with no bristles. It turns out that flies "know" where to make bristles based on a GPS system of area codes in their genome. Humans probably have one too, but no one has located it yet. The chapter discusses the evolution of nakedness in humans and the genetics of why.

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genomeenhancersbristleshairevolutionbaldnesschimp
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Animal Anomalies
What Abnormal Anatomies Reveal about Normal Development
 , pp. 81 - 104
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • The Naked Fly
  • Lewis I. Held, Jr, Texas Tech University
  • Book: Animal Anomalies
  • Online publication: 26 February 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108876612.010
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  • The Naked Fly
  • Lewis I. Held, Jr, Texas Tech University
  • Book: Animal Anomalies
  • Online publication: 26 February 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108876612.010
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  • The Naked Fly
  • Lewis I. Held, Jr, Texas Tech University
  • Book: Animal Anomalies
  • Online publication: 26 February 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108876612.010
Available formats
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