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  • Polymorphism

    Shell color polymorphism in Littorina obtusata. 

  • Drosophila

    Drosophila are small flies, typically pale yellow to reddish brown to black, with red eyes. Many species, including the noted Hawaiian picture-wings, have distinct black patterns on the wings. The plumose (feathery) arista, bristling of the head and thorax, and wing venation are characters used to diagnose the family.

  • Escherichia coli

    Escherichia coli cells with fluorescently labeled chromosomal loci. 

  • Archaea

    Haloferax volcanii motility mutants stab-inoculated on a 0.3% agar motility plate. The “halos” and “rings” likely reflect the motility of this archaeon following gradients of attractant or repellent chemicals. 

  • Feeding worker and queen

    Social evolution: honey bee nurse workers rear larvae as either new queens or new workers

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