Drosophila melanogaster

• Drosophila is the most important model organism*

• Drosophila genome:

  • 4 chromosomes
  • 180 Mb total sequence
  • 140 Mb euchromatic sequence
  • 12-14,000 genes

* source: G.M. Rubin

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