Get to know your common fruit fly
You’ve probably seen this Wild Thing buzzing around your fruit bowl at home. But have you ever stopped to take a closer look? The wild-type common fruit fly has red eyes. But in the science lab, you may have seen mutant white-eyed flies. Whoa!
More resources
- Let’s Raise our Glasses to the Fruit Fly Salute! From NIH
- Mutant Fruit Flies: A virtual exhibit from the Exploratorium
- Learn Genetics: Informational resource from the University of Utah
- Genetics for kids: From OLogy | American Museum of Natural History
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