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BNS 210 Research Methods: Fruit Flies

Drosophila melanogaster

Drosophila melanogaster commonly called the “fruit fly,” this species is a model organism for the study of specific genes in multicellular development and behavior. 

From Oxford Reference

Reference Materials

►Overview from Oxford Reference

►Vinegar Fly overview from Britannica Academic

►Fruit Fly overview from Britannica Academic

►Drosophila Melanogaster overview from ScienceDirect. (Neuroscience focused)

►Drosophila Melanogaster overview from ScienceDirect. (Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology focused)

►Drosophila Melanogaster overview from ScienceDirect. (Agricultural and Biological Sciences focused)

►Fruit Flies overview from ScienceDirect. (Agricultural and Biological Sciences focused)

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