The Genetics of the Fruit Fly Drosophila melanogaster Pick Up Handout! A.P. Biology Mr. Knowles.

The Genetics of the Fruit Fly

Drosophila melanogaster

Pick Up Handout!

A.P. Biology

Mr. Knowles

The Wild-Type (+) Fly

Wild-type Flies

Female Male

Wild-type Male

Fruit Flies Have 4 Pair of Chromosomes

Egg Laying in D. melanogastor

Drosophila Embryogenesis

Wild-type (Normal) Drosophila Movement

A Kinesin Mutant Larva

Wild-type Head

Antennapaedia Mutant

Bristle Mutations

Antennae Mutations

Eye Color Mutations

White-eyed (w)

White-eye

Sepia Flies

Sepia Male

Eye Shape Mutations

Body Coloring Mutations

Ebony (eb)

Wing Shape Mutations

Vestigial (vg)

Vestigial

Wing Morphology Mutations

Dumpy (dp)

Your Mission!By making Monohybrid Crosses...

• Determine which trait (wild-type or mutation) is dominant or recessive.

• Determine if your mutation is sex-linked?