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The 29 pages that link to Drosophila melanogaster, each with the reason it gives.

• Hox genesRelated: Its Hox mutations made transformations of segment identity experimentally visible.

• GastrulationRelated: Its gastrulation shows how coordinated tissue folding creates internal layers.

• PupaRelated: Its pupal development allows researchers to study tissue remodeling and adult organ formation.

• DiploidRelated: Its somatic cells illustrate diploidy with four chromosome pairs.

• Thomas Hunt MorganRelated: Morgan used this fly’s short generation time and visible mutations to track inheritance.

• Animal modelRelated: Its short generation time and tractable genetics enable studies of conserved biological pathways.

• George BeadleRelated: Beadle studied eye-pigment inheritance in fruit flies before turning to fungal genetics.

• Imaginal discRelated: Its visible, genetically tractable discs became central experimental systems for studying organ formation.

• Boveri–Sutton chromosome theoryRelated: Morgan’s work with this species supplied experimental evidence for chromosome-borne genes.

• Christiane Nüsslein-VolhardRelated: Nüsslein-Volhard and Wieschaus used fruit flies to screen for mutations affecting embryonic patterning.

• Hermann Joseph MullerRelated: Muller used fruit flies to detect mutations across generations.

• Sex linkageRelated: Its visible traits and short generation time made sex-linkage experiments practical.