Drosophila melanogaster
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Drosophila melanogaster is a species of fly in the family Drosophilidae. The species is often referred to as the fruit fly or lesser fruit fly, or less commonly the "vinegar fly", "pomace fly", or "ba
Drosophila melanogaster Proboscis
D. melanogaster chromosomes to scale with megabase-pair references oriented as in the National Center for Biotechnology Information database, centimorgan distances are approximate and estimated from the locations of selected mapped loci.
View from above
Frontal view
Drosophila
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Drosophila is a genus of fly, belonging to the family Drosophilidae, whose members are often called "small fruit flies" or pomace flies, vinegar flies, or wine flies, a reference to the characteristic
Drosophila melanogaster
…a banana Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Clade: Pancrustacea Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Family: Drosophilidae Genus: Drosophila Subgenus: Sophophora Species group: melanogaster Species subgroup: melanogaster Species complex: melanogaster Species: D. melanogaster Binomial name…
Side view of head showing characteristic bristles above the eye
Larva
Pupae (brown specimens are older than the white ones)
Adult D. melanogaster