drosophila
/droh-sof-uh-luh, druh-/US // droʊˈsɒf ə lə, drə- //UK // (drɒˈsɒfɪlə) //
果蝇,果蝇属,果子狸,果蝇蝇
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural dro·soph·i·las, dro·soph·i·lae [droh-sof-uh-lee, druh-]. /droʊˈsɒf əˌli, drə-/.
- : a fly of the genus Drosophila, especially D. melanogaster, used in laboratory studies of genetics and development.
Examples
Everyone has a mosquito story they want to tell her—not like when she was studying drosophila, the fruit fly.
Morgan and his pupils have observed over 130 mutations in a fly Drosophila.
The most extensive and conclusive experiments along this line are those by Morgan on the fruit fly Drosophila.
The normal red-eyed Drosophila has one kind of eggs, each possessing one X chromosome.
Such a case is that recently described by Morgan in America for the pomace fly (Drosophila ampelophila).
Again, a mutant stock in the fruit fly (Drosophila) has as its most marked characteristic very short wings.
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