drosophila
a fly of the genus Drosophila, especially D. melanogaster, used in laboratory studies of genetics and development.
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Everyone has a mosquito story they want to tell her—not like when she was studying drosophila, the fruit fly.
Mosquitoes Love Some People More and Science Wants to Know Why | Josh Dzieza | August 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMorgan and his pupils have observed over 130 mutations in a fly drosophila.
The Organism as a Whole | Jacques LoebThe most extensive and conclusive experiments along this line are those by Morgan on the fruit fly drosophila.
The Organism as a Whole | Jacques LoebThe normal red-eyed drosophila has one kind of eggs, each possessing one X chromosome.
The Organism as a Whole | Jacques LoebSuch a case is that recently described by Morgan in America for the pomace fly (drosophila ampelophila).
Mendelism | Reginald Crundall Punnett
Again, a mutant stock in the fruit fly (drosophila) has as its most marked characteristic very short wings.
Applied Eugenics | Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for drosophila
/ (drɒˈsɒfɪlə) /
any small dipterous fly of the genus Drosophila, esp D. melanogaster, a species widely used in laboratory genetics studies: family Drosophilidae. They feed on plant sap, decaying fruit, etc: Also called: fruit fly, vinegar fly
Origin of drosophila
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Scientific definitions for drosophila
[ drō-sŏf′ə-lə ]
Any of various small fruit flies of the genus Drosophila, one species of which (D. melanogaster) is used extensively in genetic research to study patterns of inheritance and the functions of genes.
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