Fruit Flies Research Paper

Fruit Flies, also known as Drosophila melanogaster, are good insects to observe genetic testing. The fruit fly has obvious character traits which are easily seen when observing the fly body. There is also a vast variety of characteristics for each trait. The most common trait differences are the wings and eye color. The flies’ traits always follow Mendelian genetics and are easy to create pennant squares for. Plus the flies breed quickly, so the offspring will only take about two weeks to hatch and grow into adults. Fruit flies are also cooperate well to mate with any type. Genotype and phenotypes don’t matter when it comes to breeding. Also the flies produce hundreds of offspring, so you can easily tell the genotype of the generation prior.