Drosophila arizonae (Fruit fly, ariz_Son04) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Drosophila arizonae

Drosophila arizonae part of a triad of species that also includes its sister species, D. mojavensisis and D. navojoa, known as the D.mojavensis cluster [1]. Both D. arizonae and D. navojoa represent two species of cactophilic species, feeding and or living on cacti [1].

Drosophila is a genus of flies, 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 of many species to linger around overripe or rotting fruit. They should not be confused with the Tephritidae, a related family, which are also called fruit flies; tephritids feed primarily on unripe or ripe fruit, with many species being regarded as destructive agricultural pests, especially the Mediterranean fruit fly.

Picture credit (related species D. pseudoobscura): Public domain via Wikimedia Commons (Image source)

Taxonomy ID 7263

(Text from Wikipedia.)

More information General information about this species can be found in Wikipedia

Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_001654025.1].

The total length of the assembly is 141386800 bp contained within 3178 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 26536676, the scaffold L50 value is 3. The GC% content of the assembly is 40.5%.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_001654025.1.

Ensembl Metazoa displaying genes imported from NCBI RefSeq annotation release v100. Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by Ensembl Metazoa.

References

1. Vanderlinde T, Dupim EG, Nazario-Yepiz NO, Carvalho AB. An Improved Genome Assembly for Drosophila navojoa, the Basal Species in the mojavensis Cluster. J Hered. 2019 Jan 7;110(1):118-123. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esy059. PMID: 30423125; PMCID: PMC6321958.