Drosophila

n. a genus of small fruit flies consisting of about a thousand species commonly known as vinegar flies. The species Drosophila melanogaster is used extensively in genetic investigations, including studies of the genetic components of behavior; for example, U.S. behavioral geneticist Jerry Hirsch (1922–2008) studied the relationship between variations in certain chromosomes in D. melanogaster and differences in geotaxis.

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May 8th 2024

disarranged-sentence test

a test or test item whose objective is to put a scrambled sentence in proper order. For example, the individual being tested could be required to reorder “Boy town the to went bustling the” to read “The boy went to the bustling town.”