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Hungry!

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on: Jun 21, 2013
Thomas Hunt Morgan's choice of Drosophila melanogaster has been proven to be useful even today. Which of the following has/have continued to make it a most useful species?

I.    its four pairs of chromosomes
II.    a very large number of visible as well as biochemically mutant phenotypes
III.    easy and inexpensive maintenance
IV.    short generation time and large number of offspring

A) I and IV only
B) II and III only
C) I, II, and III only
D) II, III, and IV only
E) I, II, III, IV, and V


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2013
100% it's E, don't forget to gimmi a thumbs up :D


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Reply #2 on: Aug 13, 2013
Thanks so much, you were right on.


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