Drosophila

Drosophila is an insect from the order Diptera, also called the "fruit fly". The genus Drosophila includes about 400 species, found all over the planet.

Life of the drosophila

Drosophila flies reach a length of 1 to 2 millimetres. Drosophila flies are attracted to fruit, in which they lay their eggs and in which the larvae grow. They multiply very quickly and in a very large numbers.

Drosophila melanogaster

The most well known Drosophila species is certainly Drosophila melanogaster, which is a model organism for biologists, especially in the genetic sciences. Its genome is entirely sequenced and includes 4 pairs of chromosomes, or 165 million basic pairs.