Drosophila yakuba

Drosophila yakuba is an African species of fruit fly that is predominantly found in open savanna, and was one of 12 fruit fly genomes sequenced for a large comparative study.[1]

Drosophila yakuba
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D. yakuba
Binomial name
Drosophila yakuba
Burla, 1954

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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