**Meet the editor**

Dr. Farzana Khan Perveen (FLS; gold medallist) obtained her BSc (Hons) and MSc (Zoology, Entomology) degrees from the University of Karachi; MAS (Monbusho Scholar, Agriculture, Agronomy) degree from the Nagoya University, Japan; and PhD (Research and Course work from Nagoya University; Toxicology) degree from the University of Karachi. She is the founder/chairperson of

the Department of Zoology (DOZ) and Ex-Controller of Examinations at Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University (SBBU) and ex-founder/ex-chairperson of DOZ, Hazara University and Kohat University of Science and Technology. She is the author of 150 high-impact research papers, 135 abstracts, 40 authored books and 7 chapters and 5 edited books and supervised BS (4), MSc (50), MPhil (40) and PhD (1) students. She has organized and participated in numerous international and national conferences and received multiple awards and fellowships. She is a member of research societies, editorial boards of Journals and World Commission on Protected Areas, International Union for Conservation of Nature. Her fields of interest are entomology, toxicology, forensic entomology and zoology.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Drosophila - Model for Genetics 1**

Chapter 2 **Drosophila Chromosomal Polymorphism: From Population Aspects to Origin Mechanisms of Inversions 15**

Chapter 4 **Non-genetic Transgenerational Inheritance of Acquired Traits**

Chapter 5 **Drosophila Imaginal Discs as a Playground for Genetic Analysis: Concepts, Techniques and Expectations for Biomedical**

Chapter 6 **The Fruit Fly, Drosophila melanogaster: The Making of a Model**

Mariateresa Allocca, Sheri Zola and Paola Bellosta

Cristina M. Ostalé, Ana Ruiz-Gómez, Patricia Vega, Mireya Ruiz-

Carolina Garcia and Vera L. S. Valente

Chapter 3 **Cell Cycle Regulators in Female Meiosis of Drosophila**

Mohammed Bourouh and Andrew Swan

Losada, Carlos Estella and Jose F. de Celis

Chapter 1 **Introduction to Drosophila 3** Farzana Khan Perveen

**melanogaster 45**

**in Drosophila 67**

**Research 93**

**(Part I) 113**

Brian Xia and J. Steven de Belle

**Section 2 Drosophila - Model for Therapeutics 111**
