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Issues such as cancer, embryonic development, Parkinson's, schizophrenia, autism, aging, and many diseases and processes are studied on the fruit fly.

Enter the Flyl Lab and navigate to the “Fruit-fly information” page.

Navigate to the "fly's research advantages" tab. Which of the following are advantages in studying fruit flies?

Read the information concerning the fruit flies' life cycle.

Order the stages in the cycle:

If  Fly =1

 

Observe the pictures . Try to classify the flies in the pictures into groups. Which criteria did you use for your classification?

Do you think the differences you observed between the flies are due to genetic differences? Explain your answer.

Enter the Fruit-fly Lab and navigate to “Journey into the larva”. Which is the largest?

Enter the Fruit-fly Lab and navigate to “Journey into the larva”. Which is the largest?

What have you learned from this activity about genetics?