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Fruitfly, scientifc name Drosophila melanogaster (dew-loving black-belly), is a model organism used in biological studies. Since they are small, easy to reproduce, has a decoded genome and has many mutant strains, it is most oftenly used in genetics and molecular Biology studies involving a model multicellular eukaryotic organism. Other model organisms include Arabidopsis thaliana, a model multicellular plant, zebrafish, a model fish, rats and mice, model mammals, Escherichia coli, a model bacteria, saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast), a model unicellular eukaryote, and T4 phage, a model virus.
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What is in a fruitfly?
a giant African fly
Australian player was known as 'Fruitfly'?
Merv Hughes
What is the other name for Drosophila melanogaster?
The common fruitfly.
What was found in Auckland last week that had the horticulture industry worried?
A Queensland fruitfly.
What Australian player was known as 'Fruitfly' amongst the rest of the team?
Merv Hughes
Is a fruitfly an omnivore?
Nope! FruitFlies are 100% Herbivore, eating fruit, garabage, and such.
Where does meiosis occur in fruitfly?
It occurs in the reproductive system of fruit flies, the ovary of females and the testes of males.
Is the daddy long leg poisinous?
Yes. But its fangs are too small to bite humans. It only eats small bugs such as the fruitfly.
What is the smallest flying creature in the world?
gnat or fruitfly? theres most likely something smaller, cant be that hard to do a google search.
Do honey bee eat fruitfly?
No, honey bees do not eat fruit flies. They mainly eat pollen from plants and flowers and they will sometimes feed on fruit.
Is there a disease that starts with the letter q?
* Qalyub virus * Quail pea mosaic virus * quailpox virus * Queensland fruitfly virus * Quokkapox virus
What is RY506?
506 is allel variant of ry gene in Drosophila melnaogaster (The common fruitfly). The normal ry allel is recessive and prodiuces brown-orange produces
