Essential References on Drosophila

Drosophila: A guide to species identification and use – by Therese A. Markow and Patrick O'Grady (Academic Press, 2005)

Drosophila: A laboratory handbook – by Michael Ashburner, Kent G. Golic, and R. Scott Hawley (CSHL Press, 2004)

Drosophila: A practical approach – by D. B. Roberts (Oxford University Press, 1998)

Drosophila: Methods and Protocols (Methods in Molecular Biology) by Christian Dahmann (Humana Press, 2008)

Drosophila protocols – by William Sullivan, Michael Ashburner, and R. Scott Hawley (CSHL Press, 2008) 

Fly pushing – by Ralph J. Greenspan (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2004)

Books about flies

Lords of the fly: Drosophila genetics and the experimental life – by Robert E. Kohler 

A history of genetics – by A. H. Sturtevant 

Time, love, memory : A great biologist and his quest for the origins of behavior – by Jonathan Weiner 

Fly: The unsung hero of twentieth century science – by Martin Brookes