Drosophila melanogaster (Common Fruit Fly) | BCH-ORGA-SCBD-103760 | Organism | Biosafety Clearing-House

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last updated: 13 Aug 2012
Organism information
Drosophila melanogaster
Kingdom Metazoa
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Diptera
Family Drosophilidae
Genus Drosophila
Species melanogaster
  • Common Fruit Fly
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Insects
Domesticated
Characteristics related to biosafety
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This species is a model organism that is widely used for biological research in studies of genetics, physiology, microbial pathogenesis and life history evolution.
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  • Research
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