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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

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it reproduces parthenogenetically

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A single mating produces two young flies

C

smaller female is easily recomgnizable from larger male

D

It completes life cycle in about two weeks

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