The Vásquez lab is excited to spread the fun and utility of of working with our favorite model organism, the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) by providing wild-type and mutant fly stocks for Washington state educators to use in their classrooms.
Please try to notify us at least two weeks prior to needing the flies. We will mail you a stock with flies to propagate. We do not send out virgin flies. Contact us if you are interested.
If you are interested in learning more about the fruit fly’s role in biomedical research and how to care for them, please go here.
If you are an Science Education Partnership (SEP) educator, you can request the accompanying “Fly Genetics” kit here.
Fly stocks available
Wild type
Canton-S: Calvin Bridges established the Canton-Special (Canton-S) stock from wild flies collected from Canton, Ohio in the 1920s.
The stock has been used as a wild-type control in many Drosophila labs ever since.
Eye color mutations
w, white: X-linked recessive, white eye color.
st, scarlet: third chromosome recessive; neon-bright eye color
Body color mutations
e, ebony: third chromosome recessive, black body color.
y, yellow: X-linked recessive, yellow body color.
Wing mutations
dp, dumpy: second chromosome recessive, wide wing with notch at the end.
vg, vestigial: second chromosome recessive, tiny crumpled wings.
CyO, Curly: second chromosome dominant, curly wings.
Other mutations
B, bar: X-linked dominant eye marker. Gives the eye a kidney-like shape.