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The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster was found to be very suitable for expermiental verification of chromosomal theory on inheritanc by Morgan and his coleagues because

A

a single mating produces two young flies

B

smaller female is easily reconisable from large male

C

it completes life cycle in about two weeks

D

it reproduces parthenogenetically

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