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Discuss why Drosophila has been used extensively for genetical studies?

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Morgan worked with the tiny fruit files, Drosophila malanogaster, which were found to be suitable for genetical studies due to the following characteristics
(i) They could be grown on simple syntetic medium in the labourtoty.
(ii) They complete their life -cycle in about two weeks.
(iii) A single mating could produce a large number of progeny files.
(iv) A clear differentiation of the sexes-the male and female files are easlily distingishable.
(v) It has many types of variations (hereditary) that cfan be seen with low power microscopes.
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