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Drosophila
Incubator / fruit fly incubator introduction
Drosophila Melanogaster is a valuable
organism in biological research, particularly genetics and developmental
biology. The Panasonic Drosophila incubator ( fruit fly incubator) is an
ideal compliment to this important model for research. The small, easy to grow
fruit fly has become one of the most
valuable of organisms in genetic and developmental biology research. It
is important therefore to have a well designed Drosophila Incubator.
Drosophila has a short generation time (approximately 2 weeks), high productivity
(females can lay 500 eggs in 10 days) and the entire genome was
sequenced in 1998.
It is estimated that 61% of known
human disease genes have a recognisable match in the genetic code of
fruit flies, and 50% of fly protein sequences have mammalian matches.
What this means is that the Drosophila is being used as a genetic model
for research in many human diseases including:
 Parkinson's.Huntington's.Alzheimer's.Diabetes.Cancer.Drug
Abuse.
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