DUMET Medical DUMET Medical Solved Paper-2005

  • question_answer
    Which of the following animals is mostly used in genetics experiments ?

    A)  Butterfly      

    B)  Fruitfly

    C)  Housefly      

    D)  Dragonfly

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    Fruitfly (Drosophila) is used in genetic experiments. As polytene chromosome, sex  determination and sex linked inheritance have been studied in fruitfly. Housefly (Musca domestica) is saprophagus feed upon all shorts of dead organic matter and transmitted many diseases. Butterfly (Kalimo, Papilio) used siphoning type of mouth parts for sucking juices of fruits and flowers with a long proboscis.


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