Six Nobel prizes – what's the fascination with the fruit fly?, Medical research

Drosophila share 60 per cent of human DNA, making them perfect for research that has led to vital strides in treating cancer, autism, diabetes and many other ills. Now scientists in the field have won yet another Nobel

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1995

How We Decide: Lehrer, Jonah: 9780618620111: : Books

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Flying Through History: Nobel Prizes for Fruit Fly Research (Part 1) – Future Fields

Model Organism: Fruit Fly (Drosophila melanogaster)

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Dig Deeper into the Discovery of DNA

BBC Radio 4 - Natural Histories, Fly - Swat up: Six reasons to love flies

Focusing on Fruit Flies, Curiosity Takes Flight - The New York Times

Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects: Sverdrup-Thygeson, Anne: 9781982112875: : Books

References, Biological Collections: Ensuring Critical Research and Education for the 21st Century

How the fruit fly's daily rhythms led to big discoveries—and a Nobel Prize – Genes to Genomes