http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2000/03/26/human-gene-project-nears-compltetion.aspxThe fruit fly - known scientifically as Drosophila melanogaster - is considered the premier animal for learning about our own inherited traits. A fruit fly cell has just 13,600 genes compared to a human's 70,000. With 90 percent of the genes between fruitenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)