Support for the Drosophila Species Collection

这项拨款支持国家果蝇物种资源 中心，在保龄球绿色州立大学。 该中心认为， 并分布了大约300种果蝇， 美国和国外的研究机构。 的 中心还提供其他服务，包括识别 标本，协助培养果蝇，维护 参考图书馆，出版馆藏目录， 和支持访问科学家在中心。 该中心是 被认为是生物学研究的宝贵资源 果蝇是最常用的一种 现代生物学中的实验模型系统。

This grant supports the national Drosophila Species Resource Center, at Bowling Green State University. The Center maintains and distributes approximately 300 species of Drosophila for the research community in the U.S. as well as foreign countries. The Center also provides other services including identification of specimens, assistance in culturing Drosophila, maintenance of reference libraries, publication of catalogues of the collection, and support of visiting scientists at the Center. The Center is considered an invaluable resource to the biological research community at large as Drosophila is one of the most often used experimental model systems in modern biology.