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--- genetics [2021/09/06 12:02]
rapidplatypus [One gene is not responsible for tongue rolling]
+++ genetics [2021/09/06 12:11]
rapidplatypus [Taste and smell]
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 ==== Theory of heredity ====
-The Drosophila melanogaster is a small insect from the order of flies that lives on rotting fruit. It is a species belonging to the invertebrate model organisms. Due to its easy breeding, simple crossbreeding, and rapid growth, it was used by Thomas Morgan in his research on the chromosome theory of heredity.
+The Drosophila melanogaster is a small insect from the order of flies that lives on rotting fruit. It is an invertebrate organism. Due to its easy breeding, simple crossbreeding and rapid growth, it was used by Thomas Morgan in his research on the chromosome theory of heredity.
 [([[https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/thomas-hunt-morgan-and-sex-linkage-452/|Nature]])]
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 ==== Taste and smell ====
-Only 3 genes are associated with sight, 2 with hearing, 5 with taste, and 1000 with smell. Fewer genes are linked to hearing - 2. 5 genes are linked to taste, while 1000 genes are linked to smell! [([[https://opentextbc.ca/biology/chapter/17-3-taste-and-smell/|Concepts of Biology - 1st Canadian Edition]])]
+Only three genes are associated with sight, two with hearing and five with taste, while 1000 are associated with smell. [([[https://opentextbc.ca/biology/chapter/17-3-taste-and-smell/|Concepts of Biology - 1st Canadian Edition]])]
 ==== Earwax is not dependent on genetics ====

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