References

Drosophila Melanogaster

By Pete Geiger
email: pgeiger@mail.hockaday.org

Selected References and Websites

Glossary
Access Excellence. This is very complete and includes terminology related to molecular genetics as well as Medelian.

Where to buy equipment
1. VWR. Vials, bottles, anesthetizing equipment including CO2 pads

2. Carolina Biological. Basic fly equipment

3. Wards. Basic fly equipment

Where to obtain flies
General Biological Supply Companies: For basic mutant types good for any High School Class
1. Carolina Biological. Wild type and a variety of mutants
2. Wards. Wild type and a variety of mutants

University Stock Centers: For more obscure strains, generally for researchers.
1. Tucson Species Center
2. Bloomington Drosophila Stock Center Indiana University. Also has great links to fly genomics.

Fly genome sites
1. The National Center for Biotechnology Information. From the US government
2. FlyBase: A Database of the Drosophila Genome. An oft-used site for researchers.
3. Berkley Drosophila Genome Project

Food sites
Cooked food sources

1. The Carolina Drosophila Manual, page 6, has 5 different recipes. This is free with an order of flies or $4.55 per manual from their on-line catalog (July 2002)
2. Media recipes from Bloomington. Eight different recipes to choose from.

Dried food sources
1. VWR
2. Carolina Biological.
3. Wards.

Selected Web References
1. Great resources from Access Excellence. There are a variety of sections: Section II, "Drosophila Unit: from Capture to Chemistry" is full of great ideas and techniques
2. A web site devoted to mutant strains of flies. From the Exploratorium, a readable for students and contains cartoon drawings of selected mutants.
3. From the University of Arizona's Biotech Project, "Analyzing the Products of DNA:Chromatography of Fruit Fly Eye Color" shows the pathway of eye coloration.
4. The Interactive Fly: A cyberspace guide to Drosophila genes and their roles in development. Great information and microphotographs of developmental stages and adult Drosophila.
5. Using Punnett Squares with Drosophila. An access excellent site.
7. MendelWeb: "...an educational resource for teachers and students interested in the origins of classical genetics, introductory data analysis, elementary plant science, and the history and literature of science."
8. Mendel's Original Paper, "Experiments in Plant Hybridization" (1865) mendels original paper
9. The Monk in the Garden web site. Information on the book and links to Medelian genetics sites.

Books
1. Roberts, D.B Drosophila, A Practical Approach,. (editor): Good general reference
2. Greenspan, R.J., 1997. Fly Pushing: The Theory and Practice of Drosophila Genetics. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, New York: Good general reference
3. Hartenstein, V., 1993 Atlas of Drosophila Development. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, New York: For more advanced study on larval development into adults.
4. Demerec, M., 1994 Biology of Drosophila. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, New York: A complete work suitable for research purposes Henig, R.M., 2000
5. The Monk in the Garden. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York. A nice, readable book on the life of Mendel and the resurrection of his experiments.
6. Ashburner

The University of Arizona
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
General Biology Program for Secondary Teachers
warder@email.arizona.edu