Drosophila mauritiana

Drosophila mauritiana is a species of fly, belonging to the family Drosophilidae. It belongs to the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup. It is found in Mauritius.

Drosophila mauritiana
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D. mauritiana
Binomial name
Drosophila mauritiana
Tsacas & David, 1974[1]
Synonyms

Drosophila (Sophophora) mauritiana

The Mariner transposon Mos1 (for Mosaic element) was discovered in Drosophila mauritiana.[2]

See also

References

  1. Tsacas L. and David J., 1974: Drosophila mauritiana n. sp. du groupe melanogaster de l’Ile Maurice. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 79, pages 42–46
  2. Discovery of the transposable element mariner. D.L. Hartl, Genetics, 157 (2001), pages 471–476, PMC 1461507
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