Fly Cycle2 The Lives of a Fly (Drosophila melanogaster)

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A CD-ROM adaptation of the film Fly Cycle: The Lives of a Fly, Drosophila Melanogaster. The CD-ROM is designed to be used at a number of educational levels. At introductory undergraduate levels, it can acquaint students with the fruit fly life cycle and a number of the mutants used in introductory courses. For more advanced undergraduates the CD-ROM introduces techniques for examining the organism in detail.

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Biography

Mary S. TYLER is Professor in the Biological Sciences Department at the University of Maine, Orono. Among several awards, she received the University's Distinguished Maine Professor Award in 1981 and the Most Inspiring Professor of the Year Award from University of Maine Student Government in 1997. Dr. Tyler's research interests have been primarily in vertebrate embryonic development, studying organ development and tissue interactions using in vitro experimental techniques.

RONALD N. KOZLOWSKI is a Research Associate in the Biological Sciences Department at the University of Maine, Orono. He is a board member of Silva Borealis, a non-profit biology-based foundation in which he also serves as the chief technical officer.