Drosophila melanogaster

Drosophila melanogaster (Black-bellied Dew-lover) a dipteran (two-winged) insect, is the species of fruit fly that is commonly used in genetic experiments; it is among the most important model organisms. In modern biological literature, it is often simply called Drosophila or (common) fruit fly. Students also nickname it Drozzy.

External links

• A quick and simple introduction to Drosophila melanogaster
• FlyBase
• The WWW Virtual Library: Drosophila
• The Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project
• Keeping and Breeding Fruit Flies
• Abstract of the papers describing the genome of Drosophila melanogaster
• FlyMove
• The Interactive Fly - A guide to Drosophila genes and their roles in development
• Drosophila Nomenclature - naming of genes