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 as a genetic tool? Justify your answer.

Neurospora, an ascomycetes fungus has been used as a biological tool t

1.	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 as a genetic tool? Justify your answer.
Answer» Neurospora is used as a biological tool to understand the mechanism of plant genetics by the scientists. It because of the following reasons. It is haploid and so recessive traits can be studied easily. A lot of information is available about its genome. As a result of sexual reproduction, it produces eight ascospores which show a specific arrangement. This helps to study recombination.