If you are borrowing information from a website, you have to give that website credit. So, you need to know how to properly cite a website to avoid plagiarizing someone elseâs work. I know my teachers in high school and college took citing sources very seriously.
a genus of fly, which includes Drosophila melanogaster, the Mediterranean fruit fly. It is useful in genetic experiments because of the large chromosomes found in its salivary glands and its sensitivity to environmental effects, such as exposure to radiation.
Drosophila has a diploid chromosome number of eight, or four pairs of homologouschromosomes numbered 1 - 4. Chromosome 1 is the X chromosome (sex chromosome) and isresponsible for sex determination in the fruit fly.. Determining if a mutant is dominant or recessive, and if it is X-linked or autosomal. To determine if a mutant is dominant or recessive, and if it is X-linked or autosomal, youperform a pair of reciprocal crosses. In a pair of reciprocal crosses, the gender of the parents isreversed.