The vinegar fly (fruit fly) Drosophila melanogaster, is famous through its use in genetics since 1909 to demonstrate the principles of heredity, e.g. Mendelian ratios, sex linkage, dominance and variation.  The life cycle is completed within twenty days and hence many generations of flies are produced in a relatively short period of time.

Varieties include

L7.1Vestigal Wing

L7.2 White Eye

L7.3 Wild Type

L7.4 Ebony Body

See also Drosophila Culture Medium CM4:CM4L

BioCam Chart WC31 Drosophila Life Cycle

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