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Lab Report On Fruit Fly
The objective of this lab or series of lab experiments is to understand concepts related to genetic crosses using the fruit fly, Drosophila Melanogaster. Over the course of a few weeks, one examined and recorded how mutant traits (white, brown, and scarlet eyes) are passed on from one generation to the next generation. By studying this relationship, one tried to understand some of the important genetic principles proposed by Gregor Mendel, such as the Laws of Segregation and Independent Assortment. Then, one studied sex linkage and tried to offer possible genetic maps for the traits that were studied in lab. The results of these crosses were obtained from both the experiments students performed in class and from prior experimental data by Sturtevant.
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