When a geneticist first spotted mutant white-eyed flies among his red-eyed fruit-flies in the early years of the 20th century, he launched the gene '_white_' on a career that is still going strong, as Eleanor Lawrence explains.
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Lawrence, E. White hearted. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000127-3
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news000127-3
