Biology:Drosophila mercatorum

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Short description: Species of fly


Drosophila mercatorum
File:Dmerc-fem.tif
A D. mercatorum female
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Drosophila mercatorum
Binomial name
Drosophila mercatorum
Patterson and Wheeler, 1942

Drosophila mercatorum is a species of fruit fly in the genus Drosophila, repleta subgroup, described by Patterson and Wheeler in 1942.[1][2] Thought to be native to South America, its subspecies D. m. mercatorum now has a cosmopolitan distribution. The other subspecies, D. m. pararepleta, is confined to the east of the Andes mountains.

It is used in scientific studies of parthenogenesis since it was discovered to have low levels of naturally occurring thelytoky.[3]

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References

Wikidata ☰ Q13598252 entry