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Fruit fly (Trypetidae)

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Jeffrey C. Hall

American geneticist

Michael Rosbash

American geneticist

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

German geneticist

Eric F. Wieschaus

American developmental biologist

wasp. Vespid Wasp (Vespidaea) with antennas and compound eyes drink nectar from a cherry. Hornets largest eusocial wasps, stinging insect in the order Hymenoptera, related to bees. Pollination

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