Basics of Drosophila Genetics
Chromosomes in Drosophila : The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster has 3 pairs of autosomal chromosomes and an X and Y chromosome. Each autosome has two arms that are simply referred to as left (L) and right (R). Each chromosome arm is numbered as follows:X (1-20), 2L (21-40), 2R (41-60), 3L (61-80), 3R (81-100), and chromosome… Read More »