FlyBase keeps a current bibliography whose aim is to be complete with respect to all publications concerning the family Drosophilidae. This includes over 70,000 references.  FlyBase is willing to supply copies of a reasonable number of papers to researchers from an extensive reprint collection they hold. They reserve the right to refuse this service, which is primarily aimed at giving access to old, hard to find, papers and to giving access to papers to those in the lesser developed parts of the world.

Books.  There are many monographs of various aspects of Drosophila biology. The standard comprehensive monograph is:

• Ashburner, M., Golic, K. and Hawley, R.S., 2005, Drosophila: A Laboratory Handbook. 2nd edition. Cold Spring Harbor Press, New York. ISBN:0879697067.

A current elementary introduction to Drosophila genetics is:

• Greenspan, R. 2004. Fly Pushing. The Theory and Practice of Drosophila Genetics. 2nd edition. Cold Spring Harbor Press, New York. ISBN:0879697113.

A more complete account of the Drosophila literature is to be found in the Supplement Section (under References and More Information).