Drosophila Lab Report

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In order to formulate a hypothesis for the expected Modes of Inheritance in Drosophila, eight vials that contained Drosophila were labeled “A” through “D”. In addition, each group selected and obtained a vial that they would continuously use over the next three weeks. To prepare for this experiment, both a blow gun and a fly work station pad containing carbon dioxide were used to anesthetize the Drosophila. To conduct this experiment, we first anesthetized the Drosophila by inputting the tip of the blow gun into the vial and gently squeezing the trigger. Once it was apparent that the Drosophila was anesthetized, we later placed them on the fly work station pad to examine the different phenotypes of our mutants. After we recorded the phenotypes,

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