 Sometime in the year 1906 "Drosophila" was adopted by the man who would become very well known for his work with the flies, Thomas Hunt Morgan.A man by the name of Jacques Loeb also tried experimentation in mutations of "Drosophila" independently of Morgan’s work during the 1st decade of the twentieth century.Thomas Hunt Morgan is considered to be one of the most influential men in experimental biology during the early twentieth century and his work with the "Drosophila" was extensive.