Drosophila miranda (Fruit fly, MSH22) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Drosophila miranda

Drosophila miranda, a close relative of D. pseudoobscura, has a recently formed new sex chromosome pair (called the neo-sex chromosomes). The Neo-Y chromosome is believed to be in transition from an ordinary autosome into a degenerate Y chromosome [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 7229

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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_003369915.1].

The total length of the assembly is 287096000 bp contained within 104 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 35263383, the scaffold L50 value is 4. The GC% content of the assembly is 45.0%.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_003369915.1.

Ensembl Metazoa displaying genes imported from NCBI RefSeq annotation release v102. Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by Ensembl Metazoa.

References

1. Bachtrog, D., Hom, E., Wong, K.M. et al. Genomic degradation of a young Y chromosome in Drosophila miranda. Genome Biol 9, R30 (2008). doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-2-r30