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WHAT IS DROSOPHILA |
Drosophila are simply fruit flies. Drosophila are simply fruit flies.Their small size made them more convenient to work with than Mendel's peas. They reproduce in a short generation time, producing a large number of offspring. There are a large number of morphological (visible) traits that could be studied to learn about inheritance and recombination of genes such as red eye/white eye, bar eyes and curly wings.Fruit flies aren't the only flies scientists have found useful in genetic research. |