Drosophila teissieri (Fruit fly, GT53w) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Drosophila teissieri

Drosophila teissieri is a species fruit-fly found only in the rain forests of sub-Saharan Africa [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 7243

(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_016746235.2].

The total length of the assembly is 149494471 bp contained within 91 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 24551875, the scaffold L50 value is 3. The GC% content of the assembly is 43.0%.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_016746235.2.

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. Cobb et al. Fragmented forests, evolving flies: molecular variation in African populations of Drosophila teissieri. Molecular Ecology 9.10 (2000): 1591-1597. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.01064.x