Neurospora, an ascomycetes fungus has been used as a biological tool to understand the mechanism of plant genetics much in the same way as Drosophila has been used to study animal genetics. What makes Neurospora as a genetic tool? Justify your answer.

Explanation

Neurospora is used as a biological tool to understand the mechanism of plant genetics by the scientists. It because of the following reasons.
1. It is haploid and so recessive traits can be studied easily.
2. A lot of information is available about its genome.
3. As a result of sexual reproduction, it produces eight ascospores which show a specific arrangement. This helps to study recombination.