Testing for Mutagens Using Fruit Flies

Describes a laboratory employed in undergraduate teaching that uses fruit flies to test student-selected compounds for their ability to cause mutations. Requires no prior experience with fruit flies, incorporates a student design component, and employs both rigorous controls and statistical analyses...

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Published in:The American biology teacher 1998-06, Vol.60 (6), p.440-444
Main Author: Liebl, Eric C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biology
College Instruction
DNA
Drosophila
Female animals
Fruit-flies
Genetic aspects
Genetic mutation
Genetics
Higher Education
How-To-Do-It
Laboratory Procedures
Learning Strategies
Male animals
Mating behavior
Mutagens
Mutations
Recessive lethals
Science Activities
Science Education
Sex chromosomes
Spermatozoa
Statistical Analysis
Tests, problems and exercises
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Summary:Describes a laboratory employed in undergraduate teaching that uses fruit flies to test student-selected compounds for their ability to cause mutations. Requires no prior experience with fruit flies, incorporates a student design component, and employs both rigorous controls and statistical analyses. (DDR)
ISSN:0002-7685
1938-4211
DOI:10.2307/4450517