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In this article we will discuss about the gene action in drosophila. Beadle and Ephrussi (1937) studied metabolic pathway for eye colour in Drosophila. There are three eye colours in the fruitfly, viz. wild, vermillion and cinnabar. Procedure: The imagine disc or primordia was transplanted from one larva on to the abdomen of other larva. Reciprocal eye transplantation was made [...]