Two new Neotropical species of Drosophilinae (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from Uruguay [PDF]
Zoologia (Curitiba), 2016 Two new species of Drosophilidae from Uruguay are described and illustrated: Drosophila montevidensis sp. nov. (Holotype male in MZSP: Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de la República, Montevideo city, Department of Montevideo), and Scaptomyza pipinna ...
Beatriz Goñi, Carlos R. Vilela
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Ribosomal intergenic spacer (IGS) length variation across the Drosophilinae (Diptera: Drosophilidae) [PDF]
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2005 Background The intergenic spacer of the ribosomal genes in eukaryotes (IGS) contains duplications of the core transcription promoter. The number of these duplicated promoters, as measured by the IGS length, appears to be correlated with growth rate and ...
Markow Therese A, Mateos Mariana
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A phylogenomic study of Steganinae fruit flies (Diptera: Drosophilidae): strong gene tree heterogeneity and evidence for monophyly [PDF]
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2020 Background The Drosophilidae family is traditionally divided into two subfamilies: Drosophilinae and Steganinae. This division is based on morphological characters, and the two subfamilies have been treated as monophyletic in most of the literature, but ...
Guilherme Rezende Dias +4 more
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The origin and structural evolution of de novo genes in Drosophila [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsRecent studies reveal that de novo gene origination from previously non-genic sequences is a common mechanism for gene innovation. These young genes provide an opportunity to study the structural and functional origins of proteins.
Junhui Peng, Li Zhao
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Distinct decision-making properties underlying the species specificity of group formation of flies [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2022 Many animal species form groups. Group characteristics differ between species, suggesting that the decision-making of individuals for grouping varies across species. However, the actual decision-making properties that lead to interspecific differences in
Riku Shirasaki +5 more
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Evolution of wing pigmentation in Drosophila: Diversity, physiological regulation, and cis-regulatory evolution. [PDF]
Dev Growth Differ, 2020 Fruit flies (Drosophila and its close relatives, or “drosophilids”) are a group that includes an important model organism, Drosophila melanogaster, and also very diverse species distributed worldwide. Many of these species have black or brown pigmentation patterns on their wings, and have been used as a material for evo‐devo research.
Koshikawa S.
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A new Costa Rican species of Drosophila visiting inflorescences of the hemi-epiphytic climber Monstera lentii (Araceae) [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 2018 Drosophila monsterae sp. nov. is described from 11 males and 13 females collected from the inside of closed inflorescences of Monstera lentii (Araceae) at 1810 m altitude in the Forest Reserve of Cerro de La Carpintera, Canton La Unión, Province of ...
Carlos R. Vilela, Danyi Prieto
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Diptera, Drosophilidae: historical occurrence in Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2008 This study presents a literature review of Drosophilidae (Diptera) species occurrence in Brazil. The number of speciesrecorded is 304, with Drosophila being the genus with the greatest number of species, followed by Zygothrica,Hirtodrosophila and ...
Valente, V. L. S. +2 more
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Three new species of Zygothrica (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from the Neotropical region, Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 2021 Zygothrica (Diptera: Drosophilidae) is an almost entirely Neotropical genus, with thirteen species found in other biogeographical regions. The genus includes around 130 valid species, of which 54 occur in Brazil.
Mayara F. Mendes +2 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023 The parasitoid Leptopilina heterotoma has been used as a model system in biology for more than 70 years. This review aims to provide a broad and detailed synthesis of the work performed on this system, including immunity, behavioral ecology, endosymbiotic and trophic interactions, as well as physiology.
Maude Quicray +5 more
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