Drosophila ananassae

Drosophila ananassae is a species of fruit fly that is a useful model organism for genetic studies because it is easily cultured in the laboratory, and was one of 12 fruitfly genomes sequenced for a large comparative study.[1]

Drosophila ananassae - Female

Drosophila ananassae
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Drosophila ananassae subgroup
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Drosophila ananassae complex
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D. ananassae
Binomial name
Drosophila ananassae
Doleschall, 1858

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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