Any of various small fruit flies of the genus Drosophila, especially D. melanogaster, used extensively in genetic research.
[New Latin Drosophila, genus name : Greek drosos, dew + New Latin -phila, feminine of -philus, -phile.]
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[New Latin Drosophila, genus name : Greek drosos, dew + New Latin -phila, feminine of -philus, -phile.]
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
Synonym: Drosophila melanogaster
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| Drosophilidae (invertebrate zoology) | |
| ectopic pairing (cell and molecular biology) |
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