There's many species of Drosophila and the random fruit flies in the store are unlikely to be the same species as the one used in experiments. However, sometimes I find one which has that bright red eye which looks like it can be, but I'm not an expert so I don't know for sure. Anyway, here's a photo of a Drosophila that I took last year from a fruit and vegetable store. This one's probably not D. melanogaster though.
Oh and these binomial names reminds me of my first prac submission for first year biology. I didn't underline any of my species names (in typing you're supposed to italicize and in writing you should underline). So I got deducted a few marks. Now if I go to a walking track and the person who made the signs forgot to italicize (like when I went to Queensland at the start of this year), I really notice it.
Wow! Thanks for that probably unintended tip. I am starting on my very first college Biology essay and will remember to underline the name. Though I doubt there would be many in mine. (Writing about dendritic cells)
ReplyDeleteNo problem haha. By the way, for that submission I also lost marks for not ruling my lines for labeling the diagrams I submitted, and because I didn't draw 2 lines to emphasize that something was a layer (even though it was very thin so I only drew it as one line).
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