Teleman, Aurelio A.Perrimon, Norbert2017-07-242017Teleman, Aurelio A., and Norbert Perrimon. 2017. “Open questions: completing the parts list and finding the integrating signals.” BMC Biology 15 (1): 47. doi:10.1186/s12915-017-0388-0. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-017-0388-0.http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33490890One of the great revelations of post-genomic biology has been the extent to which essential functions and mechanisms are conserved across vast phylogenetic distances. Because of this, we can look to the fruit fly for answers to pressing open questions on the unknown functions of genes and the mechanisms of their physiological integration.en-USJournal Article2017-07-2410.1186/s12915-017-0388-0