Drosophila persimilis

Drosophila persimilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Genus: Drosophila
Subgenus: Sophophora
Species group: obscura group
Species subgroup: pseudoobscura subgroup
Species: D. persimilis
Binomial name
Drosophila persimilis
Dobzhansky and Epling, 1944

Drosophila persimilis is a species of fruit fly that is a sister species to D. pseudoobscura, and was one of 12 fruitfly 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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