organisms ate much smaller and easier to care for and observe. A major advantage to using these model organisms are their ability to rapidly develop off spring often times in much larger numbers than a human. Some organisms produce The fruit fly‚ drosophila melanogaster‚ is one of the smallest model organisms used to provide insight to the genetic development of humans. Development biologists won a Nobel Prize in 1995 for the genetic studies and later principles they discovered with fruit flies that also
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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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In this population cage‚ it used Drosophila melanogaster because is a common model organism for genetic studies. In this population cage‚ it was calculated the coefficient of selection of an actual sample and an ago sample. In this experiment‚ it was used the actual sample #4 and the ago sample #3. The result of the coefficient of selection should be at the rate between 0 and 1. The result was 0.82‚ so it was a good result of the coefficient of selection between these two samples (#4 and #3). At
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the experiment that has been conducted is to breed Drosophila melanogaster for specific traits. We used a dihybrid cross where the traits were sex linked. The cross is considered dihybrid due to the fact that we are crossing two different traits. The traits used for this dihybrid cross experiment are white eyes (w) and vestigial wings (vg). The white eyes are the sex linked trait. These traits were taken and crossed with wild type D. melanogaster. The experiment that we ran was to be completed
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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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Mrs. Strait Period 7 1-9-12 Drosophila Melanogaster: Predicting Traits Lab Report The purpose of this study is to get an accurate look on how genetics work‚ and to practice determining the different traits within the species. D. melonogaster are useful because they are easily cultured and they reproduce very quickly. The eye color data supports past genetics problems because it can be predicted‚ and used in Punnett squares to aid in the prediction. If the P generation consists
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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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Discussion The goal of the experiment was to determine what gene or genes are responsible for the white eye phenotype of two strains of Drosophila melanogaster. According the literature‚ the w+ gene is located on the X chromosome at 1.5 genetic map units (1). In addition‚ the st+ and bw+ genes are autosomal and assort independently‚ meaning they are two different genes located on two different chromosomes. It is stated that the bw+ gene is located on the 2R chromosome at 104.5 map units (2)
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Effects of Organic Food on Drosophila Melanogaster A new study has shown that fruit flies that lived on organic foods tended to be healthier than those that lived on conventional foods. The two things that researchers based their conclusions for health on were fertility and longevity. These two things are two important aspects to a fly’s life. On both of these tests‚ the flies that were fed organic food performed better than the flies that were fed conventional food. They survived for a longer
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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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