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Inheritance and Variation — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYInheritance and Variation2 Marks
Question
Why Drosophila is most suitable organism for genetics experiments?
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Answer

Drosophila is most suitable organism because of the following reasons:

  1. Drosophila cam easily be cultured under laboratory conditions.
  2. Life span of Drosophila is short for about two weeks.
  3. Drosophila has high rate of reproduction and hence newer organisms can be obtained rapidly.

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