DrosoPhyla: genomic resources for drosophilid phylogeny and systematics
Finet, C.; Kassner, V. A.; Carvalho, A. B.; Chung, H.; Day, J. P.; Delaney, E. K.; De Re, F. C.; Dufour, H. D.; Dupim, E.; Izumitani, H. F.; Gauterio, T. B.; Justen, J.; Katoh, T.; Kopp, A.; Koshikawa, S.; Longdon, B.; Loreto, E. L.; Nunes, M. D.; Raja, K. K.; 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.; Marletaz, F.
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The vinegar fly Drosophila melanogaster is a pivotal model for invertebrate development, genetics, physiology, neuroscience, and disease. The whole family Drosophilidae, which contains over 4000 species, offers a plethora of cases for comparative and evolutionary studies. Despite a long history of phylogenetic inference, many relationships remain unresolved among the groups and genera 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 well-supported group and species trees 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.
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