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Genomic Databases - Exercise 2
FlyBase is a database of genetic and molecular data for Drosophila. FlyBase includes data on all species from the family Drosophilidae; the primary species represented is Drosophila melanogaster.
  1. Browse to FlyBase.
  2. Search for a gene called kruppel.
  3. Why does this gene have such a strange name?
  4. Compared to the other databases we have seen so far, what kind of information is stored in FlyBase?