drosophila melanogaster
Noun
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Small fruit fly used by Thomas Hunt Morgan in studying basic mechanisms of inheritance (synset 102200341)
is a type of: fruit fly, pomace fly - any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruitsbelongs to: genus drosophila - a genus of Drosophilidaesame as: drosophila
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