#  Book about fly research featured on Ten Best Science Books of 2018 list from Smithsonian 

 





December 07, 2018

 

 

 Fruit fly biologist S.E. Mohr's book *[First in Fly: Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery](http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674971011)* was [named one of the Ten Best Science Books of 2018 by Smithsonian.com](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ten-best-science-books-2018-180970954/). As stated by Smithsonian, "Harvard lecturer on genetics Stephanie Elizabeth Mohr chronicles how the fruit fly has been a cornerstone of scientific research for over a century. From cancer and diabetes studies, to analyses of human genome data, the fruit fly is an invaluable organism in laboratories around the world."

 Related news update: *First in Fly* was also named [in a list of "twelve of the best books about biology in 2018"](https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2019/01/31/twelve-of-the-best-books-about-biology-of-2018/#641017ce6f68) by Forbes contributor @GrrlScientist.



 

 

 



 

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