Fly-worm-yeast
30% of fly genes have orthologs in worm; 20% in
both worm and yeast; 50% of fly proteins have
some similarity to mammalian proteins
more multidomain proteins in fly, worm
10-30% of genes in most organisms seem to be
unique
only C elegans and closer organisms will have
homologs for the majority of disease genes (80-
90% in mouse); analysis of domain structure may
still be helpful