Drosophila affinis
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| Drosophila affinis | |
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| A Drosophila affinis male showing its red-orange testes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Drosophilidae |
| Genus: | Drosophila |
| Subgenus: | Sophophora |
| Species group: | Drosophila obscura species group |
| Species: | 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]
