considered a tradition. Research of these flies initially entered labs 100 years ago. Thomas Hunt Morgan‚ who lived from 1866 to 1945‚ was the founder of drosophila genetics. Thomas preformed his research in Morgan lab at the Columbia University in 1910. Here was when they found a famous mutation‚ know as the white-eyed fly. Quite an accomplishment was this discovery‚ but the end of the 1980’s there were 3‚000+-recorded mutations. Now drosophila is very popular; so popular‚ it would be almost impossible
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Christian Chou Mrs. McCarron 12/10/14 A.P Biology Drosophila melanogaster Genetics Introduction: The common fruit fly‚ scientifically named Drosophila melanogaster‚ is used by many in genetic studies. Because they can be easily cultured‚ have a relatively short generation time‚ and are prolific breeders‚ fruit flies are often very popular in genetic investigations. Furthermore‚ mutations and sex are easy to visualize among the fruit flies. Male fruit flies have a smaller abdomen than their female counterparts
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Effects of Alcohol on Drosophila Behavior Your Name Bio1100 Instructor: Dr. Gary Bulla Section 6 11/14/02 Notes: Title should be descriptive but concise‚ containing some key words Title page should include only the information shown here Use no smaller than 12 pt font Capitalize words in title (except “of”‚ “the”‚ “in”‚ ……..) ABSTRACT (Capitalized with bold face‚ underline or all caps) A simple summary of the important points of the paper. Usually a 1-2 paragraphs. It includes the
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The model that is being studied is in a domestic pest that may be found throughout decaying food. The topic that is being examined is the Drosophila. When Drosophila is prepared for mating or hatching‚ they have a full lifecycle of about 20 days‚ thus are the models for relating sex-linked inheritance. Obviously it is not the breeding ways of the Drosophila that is being examined in this experiment‚ but the developing offspring‚ and their phenotypes. The phenotype is based on the wing shape and
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APPENDIX 5 - Writing Reports Report 1: Drosophila F1 Generation Report General Notes: This report is very much a practice run to get you used to this style of report writing‚ rather than simply filling in lab sheets. It should not be a long report (no longer than these notes‚ in fact). Scientific writing is not like writing essays in other genre. In many ways it is easier! There are three important rules to scientific writing and if you adhere to these‚ the rest is quite easy: 1. Sentences
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Autosomal Inheritance of Wrinkled and black Mutations in Drosophila melanogaster Abstract Homozygous Wrinkled virgin females and homozygous black male Drosophila melanogaster‚ were crossed. Mutations were located on chromosome two and three respectively. The F1 generation‚ all Wrinkled and black‚ was inbred yielding and F2 generation. A phenotypic ratio of 9:3:3:1 was hypothesized with wrinkled wings and wild type body: wrinkled wings and black body: wild type wings and body wing: wild type wings
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Drosophila Melanogaster Introduction Drosophila mature through complete metamorphosis‚ as do all members of the order Diptera. [5] Diptera are commonly known as (true: having two wings) flies and include many familiar insects such as mosquitoes‚ black flies‚ midges‚ fruit flies‚ and house flies. [3] Drosophila melanogaster are most commonly known as fruit flies and are used in many genetic studies for a few simple reasons; they are small and easily handled‚ they have a short life cycle
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Biology Lab Report 7 “Independent Assortment & Dihybrid Cross” 10-22-2013 Biology 202 Introduction: In genetics‚ when crossing a purebred white flower with a purple flower‚ we might expect its offspring to be a blend of both colors. Instead‚ we see that its offspring is purple as well. This is led to be by one trait being dominant over another trait. Gregor Mendel came up with a theory that each member of a pair of homologous chromosomes separates independently
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Introduction Drosophila melanogaster is a species of Fly (the taxonomic order Diptera) in the family Drosophilidae. The species is known generally as the common fruit fly or vinegar fly. Starting with Charles W. Woodworth’s proposal of the use of this species as a model organism‚ D. melanogaster continues to be widely used for biological research in studies of genetics‚ physiology‚ microbial pathogenesis and life history evolution. It is typically used because it is an animal species that is
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Lab#3 Mendelian Inheritance in Drosophila Lab Report 1 In this experiment we are investigating the strength of the ratios discovered by Gregor Mendel in both the monohybrid and dihybrid cross. The ability to test these ratios stems from the use of Mendel’s law of segregation which states that during meiosis allele pairs will separate in gametes so one of each allele is present in a gamete. (Garey‚ et al‚pg 8-13) These single alleles are then combined with the other parental gamete forming
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