Drosophila guttifera

Drosophila guttifera is a species of vinegar fly in the Drosophila quinaria species group.^[1][2][3][4] Like many quinaria group species, D. guttifera feeds on rotting mushrooms.^[5]

Drosophila guttifera
A D. guttifera male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Drosophilidae
Genus:	Drosophila
Species:	D. guttifera
Binomial name
Drosophila guttifera Walker, 1849
Synonyms[1]
Drosophila multipunctata Loew, 1866

In 2015, the genome of Drosophila guttifera was sequenced by the laboratory of Sean B. Carroll providing an answer on how different wing patterns emerge in this species, relying on genetic switches called enhancers that drive the polka-dot pattern on the wings of D. guttifera.^[6] These enhancers are cis-regulatory elements, which can promote new wing patterns by modifying gene expression, rather than the actual protein being expressed.^[5]

Further reading

• Description of background on D. guttifera use in genetic studies in the Drosophila quinaria species group article.

Gallery

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  Wing comparisons in the Drosophila quinaria species group
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  Drosophila guttifera male

References

1. "Drosophila guttifera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
2. "Drosophila guttifera species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
3. "Drosophila guttifera". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
4. "Drosophila guttifera Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
5. Koshikawa, Shigeyuki; Fukutomi, Yuichi; Matsumoto, Keiji (2017). "Drosophila guttifera as a Model System for Unraveling Color Pattern Formation". Diversity and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns. pp. 287–301. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-4956-9_16. ISBN 978-981-10-4955-2.
6. Koshikawa, Shigeyuki; Giorgianni, Matt W.; Vaccaro, Kathy; Kassner, Victoria A.; Yoder, John H.; Werner, Thomas; Carroll, Sean B. (16 June 2015). "Gain of cis-regulatory activities underlies novel domains of wingless gene expression in Drosophila". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112 (24): 7524–7529. Bibcode:2015PNAS..112.7524K. doi:10.1073/pnas.1509022112. PMC 4475944. PMID 26034272.

Further reading

• Miller, Meredith E.; Marshall, Stephen A.; Grimaldi, David A. (2017). "A Review of the Species of Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae) and Genera of Drosophilidae of Northeastern North America". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 31: 1–282. doi:10.3752/cjai.2017.31.

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