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.

Drosophila mauritiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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

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References edit

  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

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