Drosophila melanogaster, that is the common Fruit fly, is one of the most important model organisms in Genetics. It rose to fame with the work of Thomas Morgan as he conducted his legendary experiments using the same! But why is such a tiny creature used to study Human Genetics? And how did Morgan reach the results of his experiments with a single White eyed Fruit fly mutant? Watch this video to know the answers.
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In this video, we will learn:
0:00 fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster)
1:29 father of experimental genetics: Thomas Hunt Morgan
1:52 Thomas Morgan & Fruit flies
4:06 Thomas Hunt Morgan’s Fruit Fly Experiment
6:12 sex chromosomes
6:50 Proofs of Mendelian genetics Sutton and Boveri’s chromosomal theory of inheritance
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