Drosophila willistoni explained

Drosophila willistoni is a species of fruit fly. It was originally described by Alfred Sturtevant in 1916. It ranges from Florida, Mexico and Caribbean islands southwards to Argentina and is the most common Drosophilid fruit fly in the Amazon rainforest.^[1]

This fruitfly is widely used for scientific research, including genetic research.^{[2] [3]}

External links

• Drosophila willistoni at FlyBase
• Drosophila willistoni at Ensembl Genomes Metazoa

Notes and References

1. Regner . L. P. . Pereira . M. S. O. . Alonso . C. E. V. . Abdelhay . E. . Valente . V. L. S. . 1996 . Genomic distribution of P elements in Drosophila willistoni and a search for their relationship with chromosomal inversions . Journal of Heredity . 87 . 3 . 191–198 . Oxford University Press . 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a022984. 8683096 . free .
2. Genetics of Natural Populations. XXVIII. Supplementary Data on the Chromosomal Polymorphism in Drosophila willistoni in its Relation to the Environment. A. Brito da Cunha . Th. Dobzhansky . O. Pavlovsky . B. Spassky . Evolution. 13. 3. September 1959. 389–404. Society for the Study of Evolution. 10.2307/2406115. 2406115.
3. Book: Therese A. Markow. Patrick M. O'Grady. 2005. Drosophila: A guide to species identification and use. London. Elsevier. 978-0-12-473052-6.