Biology:Drosophila mauritiana

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Short description: Species of fly

Drosophila mauritiana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Genus: Drosophila
Subgenus: Sophophora
Species group: melanogaster
Species subgroup: melanogaster
Species complex: simulans
Species:
D. mauritiana
Binomial name
Drosophila mauritiana
Tsacas & David, 1974[1]
Synonyms

Drosophila (Sophophora) mauritiana

Drosophila mauritiana is a species of fly, belonging to the family Drosophilidae. It belongs to the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup. It is found in Mauritius.

The Mariner transposon Mos1 (for Mosaic element) was discovered in Drosophila mauritiana.[2]

See also

References

  1. Tsacas L. and David J., 1974: Drosophila mauritiana n. sp. du groupe melanogaster de l’Ile Maurice. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 79, pages 42–46
  2. Discovery of the transposable element mariner. D.L. Hartl, Genetics, 157 (2001), pages 471–476, PMC 1461507

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14587200 entry