Autosomal Inheritance of Wrinkled and black Mutations in Drosophila melanogaster Abstract Homozygous Wrinkled virgin females and homozygous black male Drosophila melanogaster‚ were crossed. Mutations were located on chromosome two and three respectively. The F1 generation‚ all Wrinkled and black‚ was inbred yielding and F2 generation. A phenotypic ratio of 9:3:3:1 was hypothesized with wrinkled wings and wild type body: wrinkled wings and black body: wild type wings and body wing: wild type wings
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Introduction Drosophila melanogaster is a species of Fly (the taxonomic order Diptera) in the family Drosophilidae. The species is known generally as the common fruit fly or vinegar fly. Starting with Charles W. Woodworth’s proposal of the use of this species as a model organism‚ D. melanogaster continues to be widely used for biological research in studies of genetics‚ physiology‚ microbial pathogenesis and life history evolution. It is typically used because it is an animal species that is
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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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Drosophila Melanogaster Introduction Drosophila mature through complete metamorphosis‚ as do all members of the order Diptera. [5] Diptera are commonly known as (true: having two wings) flies and include many familiar insects such as mosquitoes‚ black flies‚ midges‚ fruit flies‚ and house flies. [3] Drosophila melanogaster are most commonly known as fruit flies and are used in many genetic studies for a few simple reasons; they are small and easily handled‚ they have a short life cycle
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Experiment 1 Salivary Gland Chromosome Preparation Introduction: Microscopic‚ threadlike part of the cell and a structured DNA which carries hereditary information in the form of genes is a chromosome. Endomitosis is mitosis without nuclear or cellular division. This produces many copies of the same chromosome in a single nucleus (Kim 2004). For this experiment‚ I hypothesize that D. melanogaster undergoes endomitosis meaning without cellular mitotic division. If it undergoes endomitosis‚ then testable
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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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The Frequency of Mutations among Second Generation Drosophila melanogaster INTRODUCTION This experiment involved observing and comparing the relative frequencies of inherited dominant and recessive genes in a population using the common fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. In this experiment‚ we demonstrate how dominant genes are selected over recessive genes (Mendel’s Law of Independent Assortment). Hypothesis: If we cross two heterozygous individuals‚ our observed offspring in the second
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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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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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The Drosophila melanogaster In this experiment‚ the species Drosophila melanogaster‚ the common fruit fly‚ was studied to examine the processes of natural selection and genetic drift in the laboratory. The fruit fly has a sex linked gene determining eye colour. Located on the X chromosome‚ a fruit fly can exhibit the phenotype white eye (homozygous recessive)‚ or red eyed wild-type (dominant). Males of the species are XY‚ and as such only carry one eye colour determining X chromosome. Females
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