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Modeling Meiosis in Drosophila Lab by Kosisochukwu Okoli is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document provides instructions for students to model meiosis in Drosophila melanogaster using paper chromosomes. Students will construct chromosome sets for a mating pair of fruit flies, manually move the chromosomes through the stages of meiosis, randomly fertilize four oocytes to generate four offspring, and record the genotypes and phenotypes of the offspring. The document describes six Drosophila genes - bristle shape, eye colour, wing shape, body colour, antennae shape, and wing venation - and the

Author

Kosisochukwu Okoli

Language

EN