SciArt: Fruit Fly Hearing Organs

Five different fruit fly hearing organs are arranged to form a flower in this image. A protein, NompA (red), attaches the hearing units to the exoskeleton. Human genes and hearing organs are similar to those in fruit flies. This allows reseachers to use fruit flies to identify new genes and gene regulators involved in hearing and deafness in humans.

Credit: Dr. Andy Groves, Baylor College of Medicine

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<a href="https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/news/multimedia/sciart-fruit-fly-hearing-organs"><img src="https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/sites/default/files/15-groves_600.jpg" alt="Five different fruit fly hearing organs are arranged to form a flower in this image. A protein, NompA (red), attaches the hearing units to the exoskeleton. Human genes and hearing organs are similar to those in fruit flies. This allows reseachers to use fruit flies to identify new genes and gene regulators involved in hearing and deafness in humans. Dr. Andy Groves, Baylor College of Medicine"/><p>Five different fruit fly hearing organs are arranged to form a flower in this image. A protein, NompA (red), attaches the hearing units to the exoskeleton. Human genes and hearing organs are similar to those in fruit flies. This allows reseachers to use fruit flies to identify new genes and gene regulators involved in hearing and deafness in humans. Credit: Dr. Andy Groves, Baylor College of Medicine</p></a>