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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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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. Drosophila crosses Introduction: The common fruit fly‚ Drosophila melanogaster‚ is mainly used for genetic studies. Fruit flies are easily cultured and can reproduce in as little as two weeks at the proper temperature. (Book) The purpose of this experiment was to study the transfer of genes between homologous chromosomes by crossing over. During our experiment we studied three X-chromosome genes: white (w)‚ miniature (m)‚ and forked (f). To begin this experiment we started with four
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Selection of Vestigial and Wild Type Drosophila melanogaster Abstract In this experiment‚ vestigial flies as well as wild type flies were used to create some diversity as well as test one of our hypotheses. Our hypotheses are as follows; 1) The wild type flies will have a greater relative fitness compared to the vestigial flies based on only sexual selection. The wild type has a relative fitness of 1 since it has fully functional wings. Vestigial Winged flies are not as sexually appealing since
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Drosophila melanogaster‚ more commonly known as the fruit fly‚ is commonly used as a model organism in genetic research. Using D. melanogaster has a multitude of practical advantages for researchers. These include a fast reproduction cycle of approximately 30 days‚ small physical size‚ cost-effective culture and growth in large quantities‚ and a small genome size of 4 pairs of chromosomes. A basic understanding of the anatomy and genetics of D. melanogaster is necessary before preforming genetics
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Abstract: Enzymes help determine a phenotype through proteins. The experiment presented tests how enzymes affect the pigment in the eye of Drosophila. What was resulted in this experiment is that when certain enzymes change‚ a mutation is created‚ causing the change of pigments in the different Drosophila’s eyes. The production of one enzyme is one gene and a mutation of this gene can cause an enzyme to be inactive which leads to the phenotype changing. Introduction: George W. Beadle and Edward L
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Christopher Kruzel Bios 221 April 4‚ 2012 Drosophila Introduction The fruit fly or Drosophila melanogaster is ideal for classroom experiments. They are inexpensive‚ easy to nap‚ breed‚ as well as observe. It was very important to be able to tell the male and female flies apart from one another. The males are known to be usually smaller in size than the female flies and have bristles on their forelegs while the females lack this appearance. Also the males have a black or dark round end whereas
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Ethanol sensitivity in Drosophila melanogaster based on genotype Alexa Shumate Department of Biology Randolph-Macon College Ashland‚ Virginia Introduction With a better understanding of the genes and behaviors associated with ethanol sensitivity‚ there will be new treatments available for alcohol dependence. The main problem in determining what causes dependence to alcohol is whether it is an environmental factor or if it is the genes associated with ethanol
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organisms are species that are studied to understand the biology of other organisms‚ usually humans. Fruit flies share 75% of the genes that cause certain diseases with humans. Therefore scientists can learn about human genetics by studying fruit fly genetics. This falls under the bigger principle of understanding the basic biology that all organisms have in common. Common fruit flies like Drosophila are useful when studying genetics for several reasons‚ such as their small size that makes them easy to
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