Neurospora - an ascomycetes fungus has been used as a biological tool to understand the mechanism of plant genetics much in the same way as Drosophila has been used to study animal genetics. What makes Neurospora so important as a genetic tool? Eduinfy.com

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Neurospora - an ascomycetes fungus has been used as a biological tool to understand the mechanism of plant genetics much in the same way as Drosophila has been used to study animal genetics. What makes Neurospora so important as a genetic tool?

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Neurospora is used as a model organism to study plant genetics. Several characteristic of this organism make it ideal to be used for genetic studies. Some of these features are as follows:

(a) It reproduces quickly
(b) It is easy to culture
(c) It can survive on minimum media