© 2008 • 632 pp., illus., indexes
Paperback • $42.00 • ISBN  978-087969828-7

Biology of Drosophila was first published by John Wiley and Sons in 1950. Until its appearance, no central, synthesized source of biological data on Drosophila melanogaster was available, despite the fly's importance to science for three decades. Ten years in the making, it was an immediate success and remained in print for two decades. However, original copies are now very hard to find. This facsimile edition makes available to the fly community once again its most enduring work of reference.

  “…an essential work of reference for any serious fly lab.”
      —Michael Ashburner, 1988

  “…the invaluable handbook and guide for generations of Drosophila workers.”
      —Michael Bate and Alfonso Martinez Arias, 1993

  “…an indispensable source…”
      —Peter Lawrence, 1994

Chapter 1: Normal Spermatogenesis in Drosophila

K.W. Cooper

Chapter 2: The Early Embryology of Drosophila melanogaster

B.P. Sonnenblick

Chapter 3: Histogenesis, Organogenesis, and Differentiation in the Embryo of Drosophila melanogaster Meigen

D.F. Poulson

Chapter 4: The Postembryonic Development of Drosophila

D. Bodenstein

Chapter 5: External Morphology of the Adult

G.F. Ferris

Chapter 6: The Internal Anatomy and Histology of the Imago of Drosophila melanogaster

A. Miller

Chapter 7: Collection and Laboratory Culture

W.P. Spencer