BIOL 2301 Lecture Notes - Thomas Hunt Morgan, Eye Color, Model Organism
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Analysis of the inheritance of eye color and wing pattern in drosophila. The fruit fly, drosophila melanogaster, is a model organism perfect for use in the study of biologically inherited traits. Fruit flies possess many traits that make it easier to study than other, more complex organisms. They have a short life cycle, shortening the duration of a single experiment. Size and ease of care are also taken into account when choosing a model organism. Fruit flies require very little space to survive and are very easily cared for, making them an ideal model organism for experiments carried out in the laboratory (begley, 4). In this laboratory exercise, drosophila melanogaster will be used to study the inheritance pattern of eye color and wing development from one generation to the next. Analysis of a series of fruit fly crosses will provide enough data to evaluate the mode of inheritance for eye color and wing development (begley, 4).
