Drosophila melanogaster

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:species
gptkbp:adultColor 2-3 mm
gptkbp:binomialAuthority gptkb:Meigen,_1830
gptkbp:class gptkb:Insecta
gptkbp:commonName gptkb:entomologist
gptkbp:diet decaying fruit
gptkbp:eggToAdultTime about 10 days at 25°C
gptkbp:eyeColor gptkb:red_(wild_type)
gptkbp:family gptkb:Drosophilidae
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1830
gptkbp:genomeSequenced 2000
gptkbp:genus gptkb:Drosophila
gptkbp:habitat worldwide
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Drosophila melanogaster
gptkbp:kingdom gptkb:Animalia
gptkbp:larvalStage 3
present
gptkbp:lifespan about 30 days
gptkbp:locatedOnChromosome 8
gptkbp:modelOrganismFor developmental biology
evolutionary biology
genetics
neuroscience
gptkbp:mutationAssociatedWith bar-eyed mutant
sepia-eyed mutant
vestigial-wing mutant
white-eyed mutant
yellow-bodied mutant
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear Jules A. Hoffmann (2011)
Thomas Hunt Morgan (1933)
Edward B. Lewis, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Eric Wieschaus (1995)
gptkbp:notable_for gptkb:Antennapedia
gptkb:Ultrabithorax
gptkb:bicoid
gptkb:doublesex
gptkb:sex-lethal
white
eyeless
gptkbp:notableContributor gptkb:Christiane_Nüsslein-Volhard
gptkb:Hermann_Muller
gptkb:Thomas_Hunt_Morgan
gptkb:Edward_B._Lewis
gptkb:Alfred_Sturtevant
gptkb:Seymour_Benzer
gptkb:Eric_Wieschaus
gptkbp:numberOfAxles membranous
gptkbp:order gptkb:Diptera
gptkbp:phylum gptkb:Arthropoda
gptkbp:reproduction sexual
gptkbp:researchTool gptkb:GAL4/UAS_system
gptkb:CRISPR/Cas9
gptkb:RNA_interference
transgenic lines
gptkbp:sexDeterminationSystem XY
gptkbp:usedIn Nobel Prize-winning research
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ruth_Lehmann
gptkb:Alexander_Borst
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4