Genetics of Drosophila Lab Report: The test of heredity in fruit flies In my testings with breeding the fruit flies‚ I learned that the purpose of breeding them was to test how genetics pass from generation to generation‚ also known as heredity. We attempted to breed the flies and get them as close to a 9:3:3:1 ratio as possible. This would lead to an acceptable trait ratio. My hypothesis was that if we were to breed the flies in a stable environment‚ the most common fly (or the fly with the highest
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The Frequency of Mutations among Second Generation Drosophila melanogaster INTRODUCTION This experiment involved observing and comparing the relative frequencies of inherited dominant and recessive genes in a population using the common fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. In this experiment‚ we demonstrate how dominant genes are selected over recessive genes (Mendel’s Law of Independent Assortment). Hypothesis: If we cross two heterozygous individuals‚ our observed offspring in the second
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Drosophila melanogaster are a species more commonly known to us as fruit flies. They are extremely important in biological research due to the fact that they make excellent model organisms for understanding genetics. Reasons behind their frequent use include; easily cultured in the lab‚ short generation time‚ and they can produce many offspring. In this lab report‚ we began with three different strains of Drosophila. Introduction The common form of Drosophila is known as the “wild type”‚ any fly
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Introduction In most kitchens the small flies that are found are Drosophila Melanogaster also called fruit fly. They are often brought in by ripened tomatoes‚ grapes and other perishable items from the garden. Drosophila melanogaster is a little two winged insect about 3mm long two winged insect that belongs to the Diptera‚ the order of the flies. The drosophila egg is about half a millimeter long. Fertilization takes about one day the embryo to develop and hatch into a worm-like larva. The larva
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Abstract Drosophila Melanogaster is one of the best organisms to study when researching genetics; in particular sex linked genes on the X chromosome. The principle reason for this study was to determine what genes were transferred to the males from the females‚ as the males only inherit one X chromosome. Two experiments were conducted in which female and male flies were crossed. The first experiment was a cross between 5-trait females and wildtype males; the second experiment was a cross between
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The Drosophila melanogaster In this experiment‚ the species Drosophila melanogaster‚ the common fruit fly‚ was studied to examine the processes of natural selection and genetic drift in the laboratory. The fruit fly has a sex linked gene determining eye colour. Located on the X chromosome‚ a fruit fly can exhibit the phenotype white eye (homozygous recessive)‚ or red eyed wild-type (dominant). Males of the species are XY‚ and as such only carry one eye colour determining X chromosome. Females
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First Lab Report. FEEDING HABITS OF DROSOPHILA MUTANTS Name: Joshua Suidgeest Student ID: U3081023 Tutorial Day and Time: Friday’s at 14:30 (until 17:30) Tutor’s Name: Sandy I declare that the written work presented in this report is my own work. Abstract As a pre-introduction to this lab report as a whole‚ this experiment was carried out to answer some questions that may come to mind when “Drosophila” and “Inheritance” are put in the same sentence. The Drosophila insect
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The purpose of this experiment was to determine if two selected traits of Drosophila melanogaster‚ dumpy wings and sepia eyes‚ follow Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance through the F2 generation. Materials and Methods In week one‚ two crosses were set up. Dumpy females were crossed with sepia males‚ while dumpy males were crossed with sepia females. The dumpy phenotype consisted of shorter‚ smaller wings while the sepia phenotype consisted of brown eye color. For these crosses‚ all females were virgins
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Brad Trent Biology 301L 22 April 2014 Drosophila melanogaster Lab Report Drosophila melanogaster Population Genetics Introduction Population genetics is a very important topic that has to deal with the structure of populations and how different factors and phenomena cause change in the populations genetic
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Investigation | May 28 2013 | Drosophila melanogaster lab experiment Question: How do the dominant or recessive genes in particular traits in a cross between a male and female Drosophila determine the traits of its offspring? Aim: to establish whether characteristics produced from the offspring of a drosophila cross are recessive or dominant traits. Hypothesis: If certain phenotypes are expressed in the offspring from the cross of certain Drosophila‚ then the determination or justification
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