Summary
Drosophila virilis is a species of fruit fly with a worldwide distribution (probably due to human movements[1]), and was one of 12 fruit fly genomes sequenced for a large comparative study.[2] The males have bright red gonads that can be seen through the cuticle.
| Drosophila virilis | |
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| A D. virilis male | |
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| Illustration of a D. virilis male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Drosophilidae |
| Subfamily: | Drosophilinae |
| Genus: | Drosophila |
| Subgenus: | Drosophila |
| Species group: | virilis |
| Species: | D. virilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Drosophila virilis Sturtevant, 1916
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The life cycle of D. virilis is longer than that of D. melanogaster, in part owing to its larger body size; adult D. virilis are approximately twice the size of D. melanogaster.[3]
Phylogeny edit
D. virilis belongs to the virilis group, which diverged around 7 to 11 million years ago, during the period of the Early Miocene.[4] This event split the virilis group into the montana and virilis phylads, which include the species Drosophila montana and Drosophila virilis, respectively.[4] Divergence of these phylads preceded the group's movement from South Asia into North America.[4]
References edit
- ^ Mirol, PM; Routtu, J; Hoikkala, A; Butlin, RK (2008). "Signals of demographic expansion in Drosophila virilis". BMC Evol. Biol. 8: 59. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-59. PMC 2276204. PMID 18298823.
- ^ Drosophila 12 Genomes Consortium; et al. (2007). "Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny". Nature. 450 (7167): 203–218. Bibcode:2007Natur.450..203C. doi:10.1038/nature06341. PMID 17994087.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Therese A. Markow; Patrick M. O'Grady (2005). Drosophila: A guide to species identification and use. London: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-473052-6.
- ^ a b c Parker, Darren J; Wiberg, R Axel W; Trivedi, Urmi; Tyukmaeva, Venera I; Gharbi, Karim; Butlin, Roger K; Hoikkala, Anneli; Kankare, Maaria; Ritchie, Michael G (13 July 2018). "Inter and Intraspecific Genomic Divergence in Drosophila montana Shows Evidence for Cold Adaptation". Genome Biology and Evolution. 10 (8): 2086–2101. doi:10.1093/gbe/evy147. ISSN 1759-6653. PMC 6107330. PMID 30010752.
External links edit
- Drosophila virilis at FlyBase
- Drosophila virilis at Ensembl Genomes Metazoa
- View the droVir2 genome assembly in the UCSC Genome Browser.