Family

Drosophilidae (Vinegar and fruit flies)

Drosophila busckii. Photo: (c) Kim Cabrera, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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The Drosophilidae are a diverse, cosmopolitan family of flies, which includes fruit flies. Another unrelated family of flies, Tephritidae, also includes species known as “small fruit flies”. The best known species of the Drosophilidae is Drosophila melanogaster, within the genus Drosophila, and this species is used extensively for studies concerning genetics, development, physiology, ecology and behaviour. This fruit fly is mostly composed of post-mitotic cells, has a very short lifespan, and shows gradual aging. As in…

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Subtaxa

Subfamily: Drosophilinae

Where in Humboldt

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