The wild-type, Oregon R strain of drosophila, is the standard "red eye" fruit fly. This culture is suitable for use as a parental strain, used along with one of the mutant strains to construct a heterozygous F₁ generation and a subsequent F₂ generation for study. These wild-type flies are also appropriate for animal behavior studies.

• Short generation times
• Easy to raise
• Affordable
• Minimal Storage Space Needed
• Sequenced Genome