DrosoPhyla : resources for drosophilid phylogeny and systematics
Abstract
The vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster is a pivotal model for invertebrate development, genetics, physiology, neuroscience, and disease. The whole family Drosophilidae, which contains over 4,400 species, offers a plethora of cases for comparative and evolutionary studies. Despite a long history of phylogenetic inference, many relationships remain unresolved among the genera, subgenera, and species groups in the Drosophilidae. To clarify these relationships, we first developed a set of new genomic markers and assembled a multilocus data set of 17 genes from 704 species of Drosophilidae. We then inferred a species tree with highly supported groups for this family. Additionally, we were able to determine the phylogenetic position of some previously unplaced species. These results establish a new framework for investigating the evolution of traits in fruit flies, as well as valuable resources for systematics.
Citation
Finet , C , Kassner , V A , Carvalho , A B , Chung , H , Day , J P , Day , S , Delaney , E K , De Ré , F C , Dufour , H D , Dupim , E , Izumitani , H F , Gautério , T B , Justen , J , Katoh , T , Kopp , A , Koshikawa , S , Longdon , B , Loreto , E L , Nunes , M D S , Raja , K K B , Rebeiz , M , Ritchie , M G , Saakyan , G , Sneddon , T , Teramoto , M , Tyukmaeva , V , Vanderlinde , T , Wey , E E , Werner , T , Williams , T M , Robe , L J , Toda , M J & Marlétaz , F 2021 , ' DrosoPhyla : resources for drosophilid phylogeny and systematics ' , Genome Biology and Evolution , vol. 13 , no. 8 , evab179 . https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab179
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Genome Biology and Evolution
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Peer reviewed
ISSN
1759-6653Type
Journal article
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