Drosophila as a model system.pptVIP

Drosophila as a model system Paul Adler pna@ Gilmer245 982-5475 Why is Drosophila a valuable model system? It is an animal – therefore it can be used to study development, physiology and behavior. Many genes only have functions in multicellular organism e.g. cadherins. Drosophila has been a particularly valuable model system for development. 90 years of genetics Goals for my lectures Understand Drosophila well so that you can understand a paper or seminar. Hopefully you will be comfortable enough so that you are likely to keep up with the fly literature on problems and approaches that are r