Drosophila erecta

Drosophila erecta
Drosophila repleta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Genus: Drosophila
Subgenus: Sophophora
species group: melanogaster group
species subgroup: melanogaster subgroup
Species: D. erecta
Binomial name
Drosophila erecta
Tsacas and Lachaise, 1974

Drosophila erecta is a West African species of fruit fly, and was one of 12 fruit fly genomes sequenced for a large comparative study. [1]

References

  1. Drosophila 12 Genomes Consortium; et al. (2007). "Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny". Nature. 450 (7167): 203–218. doi:10.1038/nature06341. PMID 17994087.
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