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Featured Organism: Drosophila melanogaster
Author(s) -
Wixon Jo,
O'Kane Cahir
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
yeast
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.923
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1097-0061
pISSN - 0749-503X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0061(20000630)17:2<146::aid-yea24>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - biology , drosophila melanogaster , genome , genetics , euchromatin , gene , heterochromatin , chromosome
$ 3 mm long dipteran ( y), commonly known as the fruit y. $ Adult y is yellow-brown in colour, with oval wings and rust-red eyes. $ y180 Mb genome, as four chromosomes X/Y, 2, 3 and 4. $ Genome sequence substantially completed 24 March 2000. $ 120 Mb euchromatic region of genome comprises 13 601 predicted genes. $ Has made signi®cant contribution to understanding of development. $ Large-scale P-insertion mutagenesis (and enhancer-trap), microarray and expression pattern projects underway, proteomics project being set up. $ Comparative studies with insect relatives including grasshoppers, beetles and moths, but mainly used in comparative studies with higher eukaryotes.