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Noun: Drosophila melanogaster
  1. Small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance
    "Drosophila melanogaster is a model organism in genetic research";
    - drosophila

Type of: fruit fly, pomace fly

Part of: genus Drosophila

Encyclopedia: Drosophila melanogaster