Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Drosophilidae Scientific name Drosophila persimilis | Phylum Arthropoda Order Diptera Genus Drosophila Rank Species | |
Similar Drosophila pseudoobscura, Drosophila willistoni, Drosophila ananassae, Drosophila yakuba, Drosophila mojavensis | ||
Drosophila persimilis is a species of fruit fly that is a sister species to D. pseudoobscura, and was one of 12 fruitfly genomes sequenced for a large comparative study.
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