Male Fruit Fly

Early drawing of a male fruit fly.

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  • ID: 16264
  • Source: DNALC.DNAFTB

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16269. Gallery 10: Columbia University Fly Room, around 1920

The Fly Room at Columbia University, around 1920.

  • ID: 16269
  • Source: DNAFTB

16262. Concept 10: Chromosomes carry genes.

Fruit flies help to reveal that chromosomes carry genes.

  • ID: 16262
  • Source: DNAFTB

16267. Gallery 10: Thomas Hunt Morgan at Columbia, 1917

Thomas Hunt Morgan in the Fly Room at Columbia, 1917.

  • ID: 16267
  • Source: DNAFTB

16278. Chromosomes carry genes.

DNAFTB Problem 10: Perform some fruit fly crosses.

  • ID: 16278
  • Source: DNALC.DNAFTB

16268. Gallery 10: Thomas Hunt Morgan at Columbia (2), 1917

Thomas Hunt Morgan in the Fly Room at Columbia (2), 1917.

  • ID: 16268
  • Source: DNAFTB

16263. Chromosomes carry genes.

DNAFTB Animation 10:Thomas Hunt Morgan describes his discoveries using fruit flies.

  • ID: 16263
  • Source: DNALC.DNAFTB

15566. Model organisms (yeast, bacteria, mouse, fruit fly)

Model organisms such as yeast, bacteria, the mouse and the fruit fly are used by researchers to study biological systems. The genomes of these organisms have been mapped and sequenced.

  • ID: 15566
  • Source: DNAi

16287. Gallery 11: Alfred Sturtevant at Caltech lab, 1950

Alfred Sturtevant working with fly stocks at Caltech, 1949.

  • ID: 16287
  • Source: DNAFTB

16600. Gallery 27: Seymour Benzer, 1974 (2)

Seymour Benzer and his pet fly, 1974.

  • ID: 16600
  • Source: DNAFTB

1719. Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster)

The fruit fly is easy to maintain, has large numbers of offspring, and grows quickly. The fruit fly shares with humans a number of so-called “master,” or homeotic, genes.

  • ID: 1719
  • Source: G2C