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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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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lab.Professor Lee has been in the biological science department in UCSC since 2007. his current research includes using Drosophila fly to study genetic and development biology. I was impressed with Lee’s techniques into studying Alzheimer’s with the Drosophila fly(fruit fly). While I was reading the research paper‚ I had this unsettling question to why using precisely Drosophila fly to study Alzheimer’s. However‚ during his lecture or presentation‚ I came to find out that the main reason he was
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Drosophila melanogaster are a species more commonly known to us as fruit flies. They are extremely important in biological research due to the fact that they make excellent model organisms for understanding genetics. Reasons behind their frequent use include; easily cultured in the lab‚ short generation time‚ and they can produce many offspring. In this lab report‚ we began with three different strains of Drosophila. Introduction The common form of Drosophila is known as the “wild type”‚ any fly
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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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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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Drosophila melanogaster - Sex linkage and inheritance of genes through cross breeding Abstract This experiment looks at the relationship between genes‚ generations of a population and if genes are carried from one generation to another. By studying Drosophila melanogaster‚ starting with a parent group we crossed a variety of flies and observe the characteristics of the F1 generation. We then concluded that sex-linked genes and autosomal genes could indeed be traced through from the parent generation
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The biased eye essay In the story the biased eye it tells how you associate one race with one thing. Such as when people where exposed to weapons they could make out black faces easier than white faces. This is true when it came to the bike thief in what would you do. The white male normally got away with stealing got questioned but very rarely got stopped. But when a black male was trying to steal the bike a crowed formed and stopped him really fast. When the female
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