- Short Germination Times
- Sequenced Genome
- Affordable
- Minimal Storage Space
- Truly a Model Organism
Fruit flies
(Drosophila) offer you a wealth of hands-on options for teaching genetics.One of the most widely used model organisms in the world, these flies express a number of eye, wing, and other mutations that are easy to see. Students can easily study the sex-linked, recessive, and dominant mutations.
Large, vigorous cultures of
D. melanogaster are shipped in shatterproof 4 x 1/1/4" diameter vials.