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Mysterious fruit fly began eating meat, scientists trace the change using a museum specimen

Mysterious fruit fly began eating meat, scientists trace the change using a museum specimen

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Many millions of years ago, a fruit-eating fly abandoned that diet and began eating meat. Now, scientists have gained clues about how the change occurred with the help of a museum specimen in Switzerland