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Fruit flies are commonly used in genetic investigations that focus on traits passed from parents to offspring over several generations. What can you infer is the reason fruit flies are the most commonly used organism for this type of investigation?

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Scientists used fruit flies as their model organism since they share 75% of the genes that cause disease with humans. Credit to taskmasters for this answer.
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