果蝇——小昆虫的大成就

Drosophila melanogaster:small insect,great achievements

黑腹果蝇,俗称果蝇,是遗传学和发育生物学研究者的宠儿。作为生物学研究中最重要的一种模式动物,其研究历史已超过一个世纪。果蝇拥有许多其他模式动物无法比拟的优势,因此被广泛应用于研究胚胎发育、器官发生、疾病和动物行为的遗传调控机制。

Drosophila melanogaster, known as fruit fly, has been used as one of the most powerful model organisms over a century in biological research, particularly in genetics and developmental biology. Drosophila possesses many advantages over other model organisms, and was extensively used to investigate the genetic mechanisms regulating embryonic development, organogenesis, diseases and animal behaviors.