Question

Why did T.H. Morgan select Drosophila melanogaster to study sex linked
genes for his lab experiments?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

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ᴛ.ʜ. ᴍᴏʀɢᴀɴ sᴇʟᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴅʀᴏsᴏᴘʜɪʟᴀ ᴍᴇʟᴀɴᴏɢᴀsᴛᴇʀ ғᴏʀ ʜɪs sᴛᴜᴅʏ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ:

(ɪ) ɪᴛ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ɢʀᴏᴡɴ ɪɴ ᴀ sɪᴍᴘʟᴇ sʏɴᴛʜᴇᴛɪᴄ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴜᴍ ɪɴ ʟᴀʙᴏʀᴀᴛᴏʀʏ.

(ɪɪ) ɪᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇs ɪᴛs ʟɪғᴇ ᴄʏᴄʟᴇ ɪɴ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴡᴇᴇᴋs.

(ɪɪɪ) ʟᴀʀɢᴇ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴘʀᴏɢᴇɴʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴀ ᴛɪᴍᴇ.

(ɪᴠ) ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪs ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛɪᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ sᴇxᴇs.

(ᴠ) ᴍᴀɴʏ ʜᴇʀᴇᴅɪᴛᴀʀʏ ᴠᴀʀɪᴀᴛɪᴏɴs ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ᴏʙsᴇʀᴠᴇᴅ.