The Most Complete Brain Map Ever Is Here: A Fly's 'Connectome'
When asked whatβs so special about Drosophila melanogaster, or the common fruit fly, Gerry Rubin quickly gets on a roll. Rubin has poked and prodded flies for decades, including as a leader of the effort to sequence their genome. So permit him to count their merits. Theyβre expert navigators, for one, zipping around without crashing into walls. They have great memories, too, he adds.