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Date:8/30/2007

o longer carried the parasite. They then analyzed the flies' genetic codes and found that genetic code from the parasite was fused to the flies' genetic code, as if they were one and the same. Further, the DNA from the parasite was then passed on to the next generation of fruit flies just like any other gene, the researchers said.

Wolbachia do not invade mammal or human cells.

The next step for the researchers is to find out if the Wolbachia DNA benefit the fruit fly in some way.

More information

To learn more about gene sequencing, visit the Genome News Network.

-- Madeline Vann

SOURCE: University of Rochester, news release, Aug. 30, 2007

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