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Contact SupplierDrosophila melanogaster, commonly known as fruit fly is one of the most common genetic model organism that is used in several laboratories across the globe for the study of genetics and other biological sciences. There has been a lot of emphasis on Drosophila research, especially since it was established that a vast majority of human disease genes have parallels in the Drosophila genome and therefore conventionalDrosophila genetics can be used to place human disease genes of unknown function in the context of functional pathways. The Drosophilagenome also shows high degree of homology to the mammalian genome and is often used for the identification and characterization of cellular processes and major signaling pathways that are conserved from fruit flies to humans. The insect has a short generation time, allowing large genetic screens and providing a cost effective solution to studying population genetics.