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DROSOPHILA AS A MODEL ORGANISM
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Why Drosophila?
/ History / Experiments / Community / Resources
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Why use Drosophila?
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- Genome is fully
sequenced and well annotated
- Powerful genetic
approaches
- Extensive
molecular studies
- Comparative
genomics with 12 Drosophila species
- Great research
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- Short life cycle
- Cheap!
- Balancer chromosomes
- No recombination
in males
- Polytene
chromosomes
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History
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Drosophila has been used as a model genetic organism since the
early 1900s.
Thomas Hunt Morgan started the first fly lab at Columbia University,
discovering the white-eyed mutation in 1910. He won the Nobel Prize for
Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for his work that demonstrated that genes
are carried on chromosomes and are the mechanical basis of heredity.
As a result of his work Drosophila became a major model organism
in contemporary genetics.
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Experiments/Stocks/Genetics/Transgenics
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So many stocks... so many experiments...so little time...
If you would like us to help you use Drosophila
in your research please contact us.
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Dpp-GAL4/UAS-eyeless
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Drosophila community
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The Drosophila research community, especially
in Australia,
has a spirit of openess and co-operation that feeds collaboration, ideas
and productivity.
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Drosophila resources
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See our Links page for just some of the amazing
resources and centres dedicated to Drosophila research. Because of
Drosophila's long history as a model organism there is a wealth of
knowledge available -that can be exploited for your research.
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Drosophila is great!!!
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If you're not convinced that Drosophila is a great
model system, ask us how we can help you to use Drosophila in your
research and let us convince you - contact us.
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