Essential References on Drosophila

  • Drosophila: A guide to species identification and use – by Therese A. Markow and Patrick O'Grady (Academic Press, 2005)
  • Drosophila: A laboratory handbook – by Michael Ashburner, Kent G. Golic, and R. Scott Hawley (CSHL Press, 2004)
  • Drosophila: A practical approach – by D. B. Roberts (Oxford University Press, 1998)
  • Drosophila: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology) by Christian Dahmann (Humana Press, 2008)
  • Drosophila protocols – by William Sullivan, Michael Ashburner, and R. Scott Hawley (CSHL Press, 2008)
  • Fly pushing – by Ralph J. Greenspan (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2004)
  • How to Design a Genetic Mating Scheme: A Basic Training Package for Drosophila Genetics - John Roote and Andreas Prokop (G3 February 1, 2013 vol. 3 no. 2 353-358)

Books about flies

  • Lords of the fly: Drosophila genetics and the experimental life – by Robert E. Kohler
  • A history of genetics – by A. H. Sturtevant
  • Time, love, memory : A great biologist and his quest for the origins of behavior – by Jonathan Weiner
  • Fly: The unsung hero of twentieth century science – by Martin Brookes

Reading Guide

  • Drosophila Biology (An Introduction)

    In Drosophila Protocols (Chapter 35)
    In Drosophila: A Guide to Species Identification and Use (Chapter 8, 10, 11)
    In Drosophila: Methods and Protocols (Chapter 1, 2)

  • Research resources for Drosophila

    In Drosophila: Methods and Protocols (Chapter 3)
    Matthews et al. 2005 Research resources for Drosophila: the expanding universe. Nat Rev Genet 6: 179-93.

  • Mutation and Mutant Hunts

    In Fly Pushing (Chapter 1, 2, 3)
    In Advanced Genetic Analysis: Finding Meaning in a Genome (Chapter 1, 2, 3)
    St Johnston. 2002 The art and design of genetic screens: Drosophila melanogaster. Nat Rev Genet 3: 176-88.

  • Gene Manipulation in Drosophila

    In Drosophila: Methods and Protocols (Chapter 4, 5, 6, 10)
    Venken et al. 2005 Emerging technologies for gene manipulation in Drosophila melanogaster. Nat Rev Genet 6: 167-78.
    Venken KJ, Bellen HJ. 2007. Transgenesis upgrades for Drosophila melanogaster. Development 134: 3571-84.

  • Reversed Genetic Approaches

    In Drosophila: Methods and Protocols (Chapter 9)
    Adams et al. 2002 From sequence to phenotype: reverse genetics in Drosophila melanogaster. Nat Rev Genet 3: 189-98.

  • Drosophila melanogaster species group

    In Drosophila: A Laboratory Handbook (Chapter 32, 33)