The theory of sex-linked characteristics was first put forth to explain white eyes in this organism, which were being studied at Columbia by Thomas Hunt Morgan.
Calvin Brides discovered mutant versions of this organism caused by gene duplication, and also found that the chromosomes on its salivary glands are abnormally large. The theory of sex-linked characteristics was first put forth to explain white eyes in this organism, which were being studied at Columbia by Thomas Hunt Morgan. For 10 points, name this common laboratory animal, the subject of many basic inheritance studies.
Calvin Brides discovered mutant versions of this organism caused by gene duplication, and also found that the chromosomes on its salivary glands are abnormally large.
small fruit fly [or {vinegar} fly; or {pomace} fly; or {Drosophila melanogaster}]