Flies through the years

1. History


When were flies first used in genetic breeding experiments? It is an enormous research tradition that dated to more than a century ago! Even though he was not the first person to grow flies, Thomas Hunt Morgan was definitely the founder of fly genetics. The first mutant fruit flies (with white eyes instead of the usual red) were discovered in his lab in Columbia University in 1910.

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2. The fly now


Today, the Drosophila field has a large research community, its own conferences and databases like FlyBase, Interactive Fly, Bloomington stock center, BDGP and FlyView. The genomic sequence of Drosophila is now completely resolved.

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