Drosophila affinis Sturtevant, 1916
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Drosophila affinis
A Drosophila affinis male showing its red-orange testes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Drosophilidae
Genus: Drosophila
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D. affinis
Binomial name
Drosophila affinis
Sturtevant, 1916

Drosophila affinis is a species of vinegar fly in the Drosophila obscura species group. Alongside other Obscura group species (e.g. Drosophila pseudoobscura), Drosophila affinis is used to study chromosome evolution and speciation.[1]

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    Drosophila affinis female

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  1. ^ Bracewell, Ryan; Bachtrog, Doris (2020-05-01). Betran, Esther (ed.). "Complex Evolutionary History of the Y Chromosome in Flies of the Drosophila obscura Species Group". Genome Biology and Evolution. 12 (5): 494–505. doi:10.1093/gbe/evaa051. ISSN 1759-6653. PMC 7199386. PMID 32176296.