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The Drosophila melanogaster, also known as the fruit fly, was the primary research subject for Thomas Morgan. In 1910, Morgan used the fruit fly as an experiment to discover new mutations which could represent new species. Using the flies to research about heredity gave way to Gregor Mendel’s confirmation of his Chromosomal Theory of Inheritance which suggests that the chromosomes are the carriers of genetic information. The sex of the fly is important when culturing Drosophila and making…

The fruit flies does deal with dominant vs. recessive for the wing traits. Complete dominance occurs when the dominant allele complete cover (hide) the recessive allele. This occurs to the wing traits in the fruit flies. Normal wings are dominant over vestigial wing and base on the data, the female that carries the vestigial wing did not create any F1 generation of vestigial traits. This occurs because the male has normal wing so when the two parent meet; the dominant normal wing in the male…

“You see there’s leaders and there’s followers/but I’d rather be a dick than a swallower” (14- 15). A lyric from “New Slaves” is able to depict that even after the abolishment of slavery; we are still slaves to consumers. "Strange Fruit" by Lewis Allan was written in 1939. This song depicts the harshness and brutality the minorities dealt with at the time when slavery was most evident. Numerous years later, Kanye West came out with a song title "New Slaves" in 2013. This song draws connections…

the red eyed and white eyed fruit flies (Figure 1). In the populations that were in complete darkness, the white and red eyed phenotypic ratio stayed almost constant throughout the whole experiment for both male and female fruit flies, which was shown with a “V” formation (Figure 1). This trend did not continue, though when it came to the phenotypic ratio for both eye colors when they were in the cage that was exposed to light. The red eyed phenotype in the male fruit flies increase by .25 but…

Introduction Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster that is used as a model to study genetics for more than a hundred years. Thomas Hunt Morgan, in the early 1900’s, used the heritable traits of a common species of fruit fly to develop our understanding of genetics. Morgan was the first to show through experiments that genes were located on chromosomes. He also found that certain fruit fly traits like eye color are found on the same chromosomes that also determine their sex. Fruit flies have several…

Many songs throughout history have tried to help correct wrongdoings or educate the world about those wrongdoings. An example song really hits me hard is “Strange Fruit” most notably song by Billie Holiday. The story behind the song starts in Indiana in 1930. Three black men were in the county jail and awaiting trial for the death of a white man and supposed rape of his girlfriend. A mob gathered outside of the jail. The mob tried to get into the prison using sledgehammers. Eventually, the mob…

study on the frequency of wild and apterous flies within a small population of fruit flies. The fruit fly Drosophila works well for genetic and evolutionary geared studies because they have a relatively short generation time but are intricate enough to reveal some biological principles that are parallel to many different kinds of eukaryotic organisms. When exposed to artificial selection in laboratory experiments, fruit flies have experienced dramatic changes behavioral and evolutionary traits…

Introduction Using Drosophila, the goal of this lab was to study and identify the genetics behind certain traits through to use of dihybrid crosses. With the crosses, the purpose was to find the different dominant and recessive traits in the eyes and wings of the Drosophila. Flies were used to study the genetics as opposed to other insects or animals because they are easy to mass-produce and the traits, when viewed under a microscope, are easily identifiable. The hypothesis was that the traits…

to have fly homologs. It posseses a small genome about 5% of that of a human, this also facilitates genetic studies. The study of development biology was hugely aided by imaginal discs that provided a great developmental model (Ricardo M 2009). The fruit fly is easily cultured and its small life cycle made it a perfect model to…

The diet of 11 fruits Slimming in five days. The diet of 11 fruits is ideal for weight loss. By making an effort to lose weight, it helps to divide the meals into two categories: foods high and low concentration. Meat, dairy, grains and most junk foods have a high concentration of calories; while fruits and vegetables are high in water and fiber, which makes them much lower in calories. Everything in this diet of 11 fruits helps a lot to lose weight fast and have more energy because it…