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Drosophila Melanogaster Genome
- Citation Author(s):
- Myles O'Neill
- Submitted by:
- Alex Outman
- Last updated:
- Thu, 11/08/2018 - 10:34
- DOI:
- 10.5072/FK2GT5M94X
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Drosophila Melanogaster, the common fruit fly, is a model organism which has been extensively used in entymological research. It is one of the most studied organisms in biological research, particularly in genetics and developmental biology.
When its not being used for scientific research, D. melanogaster is a common pest in homes, restaurants, and anywhere else that serves food. They are not to be confused with Tephritidae flys (also known as fruit flys).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila_melanogaster
This genome was first sequenced in 2000. It contains four pairs of chromosomes (2,3,4 and X/Y). More than 60% of the genome appears to be functional non-protein-coding DNA.
iles in this Dataset
Drosophila Melanogaster Genome
- genome.fa
The assembled genome itself is presented here in FASTA format. Each chromosome is a different sequence of nucleotides. Repeats from RepeatMasker and Tandem Repeats Finder (with period of 12 or less) are show in lower case; non-repeating sequence is shown in upper case.
Meta Information
There are 3 additional files with meta information about the genome.
meta-cpg-island-ext-unmasked.csv
This file contains descriptive information about CpG Islands in the genome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CpG_site
meta-cytoband.csv
This file describes the positions of cytogenic bands on each chromosome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytogenetics
meta-simple-repeat.csv
This file describes simple tandem repeats in the genome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeated_sequence_(DNA) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandem_repeat
