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Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) is a highly versatile model with a genetic legacy of more than a century. It provides powerful genetic, cellular, biochemical and molecular biology tools to address many questions extending from basic biology to human diseases. One of the most important questions in biology is how a multi-cellular organism develops from a single-celled embryo. The discovery of the genes responsible for pattern formation has helped refine this question and has led to other questions, such as the role of various genetic and cell biological pathways in regulating the process of pattern formation and growth during organogenesis. The Drosophila eye model has been extensively used to study molecular genetic mechanisms involved in patterning and growth. Since the genetic machinery involved in the Drosophila eye is similar to humans, it has been used to model human diseases and homology to eyes in other taxa. This updated second edition covers current progress in the study of molecular genetic mechanisms of pattern formation, mutations in axial patterning, genetic regulation of growth, and more using the Drosophila eye as a model.

Human genetics. --- Genetics --- Heredity, Human --- Human biology --- Physical anthropology --- Animal models in research. --- Animal genetics. --- Human Genetics. --- Animal Models. --- Animal Genetics and Genomics. --- Animal experimentation --- Biological models --- Laboratory animals --- Research --- Drosòfila --- Oftalmopaties --- Organogènesi --- Formació d'òrgans --- Organogènia --- Morfogènesi --- Neurobiologia del desenvolupament --- Malalties de l'ull --- Malalties dels ulls --- Malalties oculars --- Malalties --- Cataractes --- Conjuntivitis --- Infeccions oculars --- Manifestacions oculars de les malalties --- Oftàlmia --- Síndrome de Sjögren --- Trastorns de la visió --- Ull --- Drosophila --- Drosofílids --- Drosòfila melanogaster --- Drosòfila subobscura