Biology:Drosophila affinis
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Short description: Species of fly
| Drosophila affinis | |
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| File:Daff-male.tif | |
| A Drosophila affinis male showing its red-orange testes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Drosophilidae |
| Genus: | Drosophila |
| Species: | D. affinis
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| Binomial name | |
| Drosophila affinis Sturtevant, 1916
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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" (in en). Genome Biology and Evolution 12 (5): 494–505. doi:10.1093/gbe/evaa051. ISSN 1759-6653. PMID 32176296. PMC 7199386. https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/12/5/494/5807613.
Wikidata ☰ Q13598150 entry
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