Scientists often use fruit flies as a method to test hypotheses about human genes. Why are fruit flies advantageous in the study of human inheritance?
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The fruit fly, also known as Drosophila melanogaster, has the longest history in genetics and research out of all the model organisms.
Although generally considered a pest by farmers because they lay their eggs in ripening fruit, in the laboratory the fruit fly has proved to be one of the most useful tools for studying a whole range of biological processes, from ecology to alcoholism.
Although generally considered a pest by farmers because they lay their eggs in ripening fruit, in the laboratory the fruit fly has proved to be one of the most useful tools for studying a whole range of biological processes, from ecology to alcoholism.
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