| Drosophila affinis | |
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| A Drosophila affinis male showing its red-orange testes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Drosophilidae |
| Genus: | Drosophila |
| Species: | D. affinis |
| Binomial name | |
| Drosophila affinis Sturtevant, 1916 | |
Drosophila affinis is a species of vinegar fly in the Drosophila obscura species group. Alongside other Obscura group species (e.g. Drosophila pseudoobscura), Drosophila affinis is used to study chromosome evolution and speciation.[1]
Gallery
Drosophila affinis female
References
- ↑ Bracewell, Ryan; Bachtrog, Doris (2020-05-01). Betran, Esther (ed.). "Complex Evolutionary History of the Y Chromosome in Flies of the Drosophila obscura Species Group". Genome Biology and Evolution. 12 (5): 494–505. doi:10.1093/gbe/evaa051. ISSN 1759-6653. PMC 7199386. PMID 32176296.
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