Bactrocera tryoni
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Bactrocera tryoni is a species known as the Queensland fruit fly. Bactrocera is a genus of a kind of small flies. tryoni is the name of a particular specie in this genus. It is native to Australia.
Its size similar to Drosophila melanogaster, it is ~2 mm in length in adult stage. However, it has quite some distinctive phenotypical characteristics to Drosophila e.g. its body colour. The Queensland fruit flies have been known for its damage to the farming industry and have gone through scientific researches often by Australian scientists.
[edit] The white gene
One gene present in the genome of B. tryoni is the white gene. Its sequence on Bactrocera tryoni is completely homologous (the same), to the white gene found in Drosophila DNA. When this gene is mutated in D. melanogaster, it makes the eyes of that fly to become white. However, when this gene is mutated in B. tryoni the eye colour of that Queensland fruit fly remain unchanged to the wild type. The exact function of this gene in both Drosophila and B. tryoni is still undergoing research.
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