Drosophila bipectinata (Fruit fly) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Drosophila bipectinata

The Drosophila bipectinata species complex belongs to the ananassae subgroup of the melanogaster species group (Genus Drosophila, Subgenus Sophophora) [1,2].

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 42026

(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_000236285.1].

The total length of the assembly is 167263958 bp contained within 5500 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 663995, the scaffold L50 value is 52. The GC% content of the assembly is 41.5%.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_000236285.1.

Ensembl Metazoa displaying genes imported from NCBI RefSeq annotation release v101. Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by Ensembl Metazoa.

References

1. Singh S, Singh BN. Drosophila bipectinata species complex. Indian J Exp Biol. 2001 Sep;39(9):835-44. PMID: 11831362.
2. Leung W, et al. Long-read genome assemblies for the study of chromosome expansion: Drosophila kikkawai, Drosophila takahashii, Drosophila bipectinata, and Drosophila ananassae. G3 (Bethesda). 2023 Sep 30;13(10):jkad191. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad191. PMID: 37611223; PMCID: PMC10542312.