Drosophila ananassae

Drosophila ananassae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Genus: Drosophila
Subgenus: Sophophora
Species group: Drosophila melanogaster group
Species subgroup: Drosophila ananassae subgroup
Species complex: Drosophila ananassae complex
Species: D. ananassae
Binomial name
Drosophila ananassae
Doleschall, 1858

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

References

  1. Drosophila 12 Genomes Consortium; et al. (2007). "Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny". Nature. 450 (7167): 203–218. PMID 17994087. doi:10.1038/nature06341.
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