News Health & Medicine Hot clock key to fruit fly’s global spread Heat-sensitive genetic molecule may have enabled some species to survive in wider range of climates By Tina Hesman Saey December 24, 2008 at 1:02 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Sometimes, survival of the fittest means dependence on weak links. Widely distributed fruit fly species have a temperature-sensitive step in the manufacture of a key part in their biological clocks.