Title: Fruit Fly (Drosophila melanogaster) Preferences for Different Types of Fruits
Url: http://www.ableweb.org/volumes/vol-33/v33reprint.php?ch=23
Author: Van Wheat
Luis Guerra
Author's Address: South Texas College, Biology Department, McAllen, TX
Email Address: lugueso@southtexascollege.edu, vwheat@southtexascollege.edu
Description: This exercise investigates the fruit fly’s preference for certain fruits. The fruit used to start the population of fruit flies can be modified to any fruit the student wishes. I normally recommend pineapple as the fruit to start the population of fruit flies as fruit flies seem to infest acid fruits more than non-acid fruits. All the fruits used in this
experiment are available all year round in south Texas. This exercise was designed for majors and non-majors as well as for first-semester general biology students, who have had little experience in lab or in writing a lab report. This exercise prepares students to analyze a complex lab problem, write a formal lab report, interpret data, and make graphs.
Keywords: fruit fly
feeding behavior
Drosophila melanogaster
Topic: Animal Behavior
Teaching Tools and Techniques
BEN Subject/Discipline Taxonomy: Behavioral Science
Biostatistics
Entomology
Population Biology
Reproductive Biology
Teaching Tools and Techniques
Learning Resource Type: Laboratory exercise (DCMI Type Vocabulary)
Context: Undergraduate lower division 13-14
Format: pdf
Access Rights: This resource is for ABLE members only.
Rights: http://www.ableweb.org/volumes/copyright.htm
Conference Location & Year: New Mexico State University (2011)
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