Wingless House Flies?

[Tzunu un]

There are several gene mutations in flies that can lead to lack of the ability to fly (some of these have other effects: lethality in homozygous state, causing selective sterility of males or females, lowered growth / production rates, etc.)

Vestigial is one type of "flightless".

There are vestigial winged fruit fly strains, but I am unaware of similarly mutated house flies.

Both the British and US flightless houseflies found/reported have a curly winged mutation (to the best of my knowledge).

James

[irThumper]

Thanks fellas!