Scientists often use fruit flies as a method to test hypotheses about human genes. which of the following best explains that fruit flies are advantageous in the study of human inheritance?
a. they can self-pollinate.
b. they lack nucleic acids.
c. they are very different from humans.
d. they reproduce quickly and take up little space.

Fruit flies are advantageous in the study of human inheritance because they reproduce quickly and take up little space. The answer to your question is D. I hope this is the answer that you are looking for and it comes to your help.

The correct answer would be D.They reproduce quickly and take up little space.

Fruit fly or Drosophila melanogaster are considered as a model organism in the field of genetics.

It has several features which make it a model organism:

It has a very short life cycle of approximately 12 days. So, numerous progenies can be studied in a span of research. They are small size and require a very limited amount of food, space, and care. It reduces the research cost and no extra efforts are not required in culturing and maintaining their population. They have a small genome size which has already been processed due to which it is easy to manipulate its genome. It has contrasting phenotypes such as eye color, wing shape et cetera which make it easier for researchers to note down results.

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