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Are mutations in fruit flies important?

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The mutations in frust flies are essential to ubderstanding many genetic questions

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What is the mutation of fruit flies?

Mutations of fruit flies are when they fly around in your house and rot your fruit. YUCKY!


Why do fruit flies appear where there is no fruit?

Fruit Flies can sense other types of food too, like grains or vegetables. Also its very important to note that fruit flies do not only breed on fruit. Any sugary substance or even your rubbish bins can be perfect places for fruit flies. More information can be found here: http://www.thebugsquad.com/fruit-flies/how-to-get-rid-of-fruit-flies


How do fruit flies get on fruit?

Fruit flies are attracted to the smell of the fruit, they fly to the fruit to get to it. There they breed and lay their eggs so some fruit flies are born on the fruit.


Do fruit flies become big flies?

No, they stay fruit flies.


What happened to the space shuttle with fruit flies?

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How do fruit flies infest fruit?

Fruit flies infest fruit by actually burrowing into the fruit, and laying their eggs inside of it. So when they hatch, the fruit flies then devour their environment


Are you eating fruit fly larva when you eat fruit with fruit flies on it?

You probably are if female fruit flies were on it.


Why was Thomas Morgan and work with fruit flies important?

He gave an understanding of how chromosomes effect heredity.


Are fruit flies decomposers?

Fruit flies are in fact decomposers. Ripe or rotting fruit is a mainstay in the diet of a fruit fly. Fruit flies also breed and lay larva in these environment.


When are fruit flies decomposers?

Fruit flies are in fact decomposers. Ripe or rotting fruit is a mainstay in the diet of a fruit fly. Fruit flies also breed and lay larva in these environment.


What were first fruit flies born?

fruit flies come from outside they do not generate from rotten fruit.


Why was thomas Morgan's with fruit flies important?

It showed that the father played an important role in determining the sex-linked traits of offspring.