Associations to the word «Drosophila»
Noun
- Embryo
- Vertebrate
- Genes
- Genetic
- Yeast
- Genome
- Signaling
- Mutant
- Chromosome
- Phenotype
- Genetics
- Gene
- Mutation
- Fly
- Invertebrate
- Hedgehog
- Transcription
- Notch
- Kinase
- Organism
- Mus
- Mrna
- Ovary
- Fruit
- Protein
- Arthropod
- Receptor
- Neuron
- Pathway
- Lifespan
- Germ
- Mouse
- Shaker
- Courtship
- Insect
- Locus
- Rna
- Axon
- Ligand
- Sperm
- Cns
- Mammal
- Mating
- Duplication
- Subgenus
- Homo
- Metamorphosis
- Dragonfly
- Mosquito
- Localization
- Subunit
- Peptide
- Biosynthesis
- Differentiation
- Allele
- Adhesion
- Mushroom
- Binding
- Spindle
- Synapse
- Larva
- Helix
- Regulator
- Insulin
- Kb
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
DROSOPHILA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Drosophilidae — the fruit flies.
DROSOPHILA, noun. Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila
DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Drosophilidae — a fruit fly often used in genetic and other experiments.
Dictionary definition
DROSOPHILA, noun. Small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance.
Wise words
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