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chubhunter [2.5K]
1 year ago
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The fruit fly, drosophila melanogaster (d. melanogaster) is an excellent model for studying fundamentals of development because?

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lakkis [162]1 year ago
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Drosophila melanogaster an excellent model for studying fundamentals of development because many of the genes involved in the development of the fruit fly are also found in humans and  the precise formation of each of their 959 body cells has been mapped.

Its many of the genes involved in the development of the fruit fly are also found in humans. Drosophila melanogasteris which is also called Fruit fly is small in size and minimal requirements, many fly's can be raised and tested within a small laboratory which does not have access time, space or funding.

Genetic factors also make this fly an ideal model organism. Drosophila melanogasteris only has four pairs of chromosomes compared to 23 pairs in humans.

To learn more about Drosophila melanogaster here

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