controlled cross was conducted between these two true-breeding mutant flies. Their progeny (F1) being heterozygous for both mutations displayed only wild type phenotypes. These two mutations in Drosophila are both believed to follow an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance. Figure 1. Images Drosophila melanogaster with mutations. From left to right‚ mutation in eye color (e)‚ mutation in wing morphology (w). A controlled cross was performed between a true-breeding fly with the eye color mutation
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Introduction: Drosophila melanogaster commonly known as the fruit fly is considered a model organism in the field of genetics because of its short life cycle of about 10 weeks and the ability of the fly to produce a relatively large number of offspring at 50-70 eggs per day upon female maturity. The physical size of the male and female Drosophila is approximately 2.5 to 3 mm respectively Drosophila allowing for minimal storage space in a laboratory setting. The intricate nervous system of the fruit
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Christopher Kruzel Bios 221 April 4‚ 2012 Drosophila Introduction The fruit fly or Drosophila melanogaster is ideal for classroom experiments. They are inexpensive‚ easy to nap‚ breed‚ as well as observe. It was very important to be able to tell the male and female flies apart from one another. The males are known to be usually smaller in size than the female flies and have bristles on their forelegs while the females lack this appearance. Also the males have a black or dark round end whereas
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BIOL 323-02 TTH 12pm-2pm Drosophila melanogaster: Monohybrid Cross & Sex-Linked Inheritance October 6‚ 2012 Abstract This lab involved a monohybrid reciprocal cross and a sex-linked cross utilizing Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies. After sexing the flies‚ placing them in media‚ and letting them cross breed‚ we analyzed and recorded the phenotypes that were observed. The P1 flies were anesthetized then sexed by observing their phenotypes and equally distributed
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POPULATION GENETICS (FRUITFLY) NAME: Christopher N. Anah CLASS: BIOL 2108L INSTRUCTOR: DR. JAMES BATTEY OVERVIEW: In this lab the Drosophila melanogaster fly species were used to do genetic test crosses. Students were taught how to manipulate phenotypes‚ collect data from F1 through the F4 generations‚ and analyze the results.INTRODUCTION: The basic principles of genetics are very often shared by a vast array of organisms. For that reason‚ it is usually only necessary to study the genetic
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Mrs. Strait Period 7 1-9-12 Drosophila Melanogaster: Predicting Traits Lab Report The purpose of this study is to get an accurate look on how genetics work‚ and to practice determining the different traits within the species. D. melonogaster are useful because they are easily cultured and they reproduce very quickly. The eye color data supports past genetics problems because it can be predicted‚ and used in Punnett squares to aid in the prediction. If the P generation consists
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2/2/15 Block 1 Introduction and Background Drosophila melanogaster or more commonly referred to as “fruit flies” have been used for genetic research for over 100 years. During his time at Harvard university‚ Charles W. Woodworth is credited with being the first to suggest fruit flies be used for genetic research. A century later‚ fruit flies are the most widely used eukaryotic organism for genetic research (Drosophila). Their ease of use and rapid rate of reproduction has allowed
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In addition to wild-type flies‚ 29 different mutations of the common fruit fly‚ Drosophila melanogaster‚ are included in FlyLab. The 29 mutations are actual known mutations in Drosophila. These mutations create phenotypic changes in bristle shape‚ body color‚ antennae shape‚ eye color‚ eye shape‚ wing size‚ wing shape‚ wing vein structure‚ and wing angle. For the purposes of the simulation
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the possible genotypes of the father? 9) In Drosophila‚ 3 autosomal genes have alleles as follows Gray body color (G) is dominant over black (g) Full wings (A) is dominant over vestigial (a) Red eye (R) is dominant over sepia (r) Two crosses were performed with the following results: Cross I: Parents: heterozygous red‚ full X sepia‚ vestigial Offspring: 131 red‚ full 120 sepia‚ vestigial 122 red‚ vestigial 127 sepia‚ full
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Fly Lab Shannon Ladd Introduction: Famers and herders have been selectively breeding their plans and animals to produce more useful hybrids for thousands of years. It was somewhat of a hit or miss process since the actual mechanisms governing inheritance were unknown. Knowledge of these genetic mechanisms finally came as a result of careful laboratory breeding experiments carried out over the last century and a half. A contributing geneticist named Gregor Mendel (1822-1884)‚ discovered through
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