Drosophila (Drosophila) virilis

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General Information
Taxonomic Name	Drosophila (Drosophila) virilis. (Sturtevant, 1916). Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 9: 323--343. pg.330
Location of types	Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard, No. 7865; paratype
Fossil	Not known as fossil species
NCBI ID	taxon:7244
FlyBase ID	FBsp00000251
FlyBase Abbreviation	Dvir
Notes

Chromosomes
Mitotic
	Number Karyotype Notes References 6 5R, 1D (Ling and Zhang, 1987) Karyotype
Polytene chromosomes
Maps	Muller Element Chromosome/Arm Click on a chromosome or arm to view a map X 4 5 3 2 6
Polytene chromosome references
	Fujii, 1936, Cytologia 7: 272--275 Salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila virilis. [FBrf0003414] Fujii, 1936, Jpn J. Genet. 12: 171--177 Salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila virilis. [FBrf0003415] Fujii, 1942, Cytologia 12: 435--459 Further studies on the salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila virilis. [FBrf0005652] Gubenko, 1976, Tsitologiia 18: 969--974 Distribution of the late tritium-thymidine labelled DNA replicating regions in the polytene chromosomes of salivary gland cells of male and female Drosophila virilis. [FBrf0029446] Gubenko, 1983, Genetika, Moscow 19: 2028--2036 [Cytological and genetical maps of Drosophila virilis chromosomes.] [FBrf0039574] Gubenko and Baritcheva, 1979, Sov. Genet. 15(8): 926--936 Puffs in Drosophila virilis induced by temperature and other external factors. [FBrf0065914] Gubenko and Evgen'ev, 1984, Genetica 65: 127--139 Cytological and linkage maps of Drosophila virilis chromosomes. [FBrf0040918] Hsu, 1952, Univ. Texas Publs 5204: 35--72 Chromosomal variation and evolution in the virilis group of Drosophila. [FBrf0008801] Hughes, 1936, J. Hered. 27: 305--306 The morphology of the normal salivary chromosomes of Drosophila virilis. [FBrf0003562] Hughes, 1940, Ph.D. Thesis, Columbia University, NY: An analysis of the chromosomes of the two sub-species Drosophila virilis virilis and Drosophila virilis americana. [FBrf0092991] Kress, 1972, Abh. bayer. Akad. Wiss. Math.-naturw. Abt. NF: 127--149 Das Puffmuster der Riesenchromosomen in den larvalen Speicheldrusen von Drosophila virilis seine Veranderungen in der Normalentwicklung und nach Injektion von Ecdyson. [Puffing pattern in giant chromosomes of salivary glands of Drosophila virilis, their variations during normal growth and after injection of ecdysone.] [FBrf0023288] Kress, 1993, Chromosoma 102(10): 734--742 The salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila virilis: a cytological map, pattern of transcription and aspects of chromosome evolution. [FBrf0068564] Mirol et al., 2008, BMC Evol. Biol. 8: 59 Signals of demographic expansion in Drosophila virilis. [FBrf0204842] Morales-Hojas et al., 2007, Chromosoma 116(1): 21--27 Comparative polytene chromosome maps of D. montana and D. virilis. [FBrf0192364] Patterson et al., 1940, Univ. Texas Publs 4032: 218--250 Evolution of the virilis group in Drosophila. [FBrf0005172] Stone et al., 1960, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 46(3): 350--361 The evolutionary implications of the cytological polymorphism and phylogeny in the virilis group of Drosophila. [FBrf0013493]
DNA Content
Male Female Mixed Method Notes References 335mb 385mb - cytophotometry (Laird and McCarthy, 1969) 339mb 307mb - cytophotometry Normalized to a 175mb genome for D. melanogaster. (Ashburner et al., 2005) - - 394mb molecular_weight (Kavenoff and Zimm, 1973)
Reproductive System
	Male reproductive system Female reproductive system
Sperm Length
	Length Notes References 5.70+/-0.16mm (Pitnick et al., 1995) 6.470mm (Joly et al., 1991) 6.18--7.51mm (Hihara and Kurokawa, 1987) 5mm (Hildreth and Lucchesi, 1961)
Images of the Life Cycle
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Synonyms & Other Names
Synonyms
	Drosophila virilis. (Kalmus, 1942). J. exp. Biol. 19: 238--254. pg.248 Drosophila brevicornis. (Duda, 1935). Stylops 4: 25--34. pg.76
Lapsus

Nomen nudum

Nomen dubium

Preoccupied

References
	Alexander, 1976, Ashburner, Novitski, 1976 c: 1365--1427 The genetics of Drosophila virilis. [FBrf0028322] Ashburner et al., 2005, Drosophila: a laboratory handbook. Second edition. Drosophila: a laboratory handbook. Second edition. [FBrf0202435] Duda, 1935, Stylops 4: 25--34 Einige neue afrikanische Akalyptrate Musciden (Dipt.) des British Museum. [FBrf0003272] Fujii, 1936, Cytologia 7: 272--275 Salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila virilis. [FBrf0003414] Fujii, 1936, Jpn J. Genet. 12: 171--177 Salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila virilis. [FBrf0003415] Fujii, 1942, Cytologia 12: 435--459 Further studies on the salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila virilis. [FBrf0005652] Gubenko, 1976, Tsitologiia 18: 969--974 Distribution of the late tritium-thymidine labelled DNA replicating regions in the polytene chromosomes of salivary gland cells of male and female Drosophila virilis. [FBrf0029446] Gubenko, 1983, Genetika, Moscow 19: 2028--2036 [Cytological and genetical maps of Drosophila virilis chromosomes.] [FBrf0039574] Gubenko and Baritcheva, 1979, Sov. Genet. 15(8): 926--936 Puffs in Drosophila virilis induced by temperature and other external factors. [FBrf0065914] Gubenko and Evgen'ev, 1984, Genetica 65: 127--139 Cytological and linkage maps of Drosophila virilis chromosomes. [FBrf0040918] Hihara and Kurokawa, 1987, Zool. Mag., Tokyo 4(1): 167--174 The sperm length and the internal reproductive organs of Drosophila with special references to phylogenetic relationships. [FBrf0047430] Hsu, 1952, Univ. Texas Publs 5204: 35--72 Chromosomal variation and evolution in the virilis group of Drosophila. [FBrf0008801] Hughes, 1936, J. Hered. 27: 305--306 The morphology of the normal salivary chromosomes of Drosophila virilis. [FBrf0003562] Hughes, 1940, Ph.D. Thesis, Columbia University, NY: An analysis of the chromosomes of the two sub-species Drosophila virilis virilis and Drosophila virilis americana. [FBrf0092991] Huttunen et al., 2008, Behav. Genet. 38(1): 82--92 Variation in male courtship song traits in Drosophila virilis: the effects of selection and drift on song divergence at the intraspecific level. [FBrf0204438] Joly et al., 1991, D. I. S. 70: 104--108 Sperm length diversity in Drosophilidae. [FBrf0053516] Kalmus, 1942, J. exp. Biol. 19: 238--254 Narcosis and asphyxiation in some species and mutants of Drosophila. [FBrf0005770] Kavenoff and Zimm, 1973, Chromosoma 41: 1--27 Chromosome-sized DNA molecules from Drosophila. [FBrf0024684] Kress, 1972, Abh. bayer. Akad. Wiss. Math.-naturw. Abt. NF: 127--149 Das Puffmuster der Riesenchromosomen in den larvalen Speicheldrusen von Drosophila virilis seine Veranderungen in der Normalentwicklung und nach Injektion von Ecdyson. [Puffing pattern in giant chromosomes of salivary glands of Drosophila virilis, their variations during normal growth and after injection of ecdysone.] [FBrf0023288] Kress, 1993, Chromosoma 102(10): 734--742 The salivary gland chromosomes of Drosophila virilis: a cytological map, pattern of transcription and aspects of chromosome evolution. [FBrf0068564] Laird and McCarthy, 1969, Genetics 63: 865--882 Molecular characterization of the Drosophila genome. [FBrf0020634] Liimatainen and Jallon, 2007, Behav. Genet. 37(5): 713--725 Genetic analysis of cuticular hydrocarbons and their effect on courtship in Drosophila virilis and D. lummei. [FBrf0201931] Ling and Zhang, 1987, Zool. Res., Kumming 8(4): 401--416 Studies on the karyotypes of some Chinese Drosophilid-flies. [FBrf0093153] Metz, 1914, J. exp. Zool. 17(1): 45--59 Chromosome studies in the Diptera. [FBrf0000736] Morales-Hojas et al., 2007, Chromosoma 116(1): 21--27 Comparative polytene chromosome maps of D. montana and D. virilis. [FBrf0192364] Patterson et al., 1940, Univ. Texas Publs 4032: 218--250 Evolution of the virilis group in Drosophila. [FBrf0005172] Stone et al., 1960, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 46(3): 350--361 The evolutionary implications of the cytological polymorphism and phylogeny in the virilis group of Drosophila. [FBrf0013493] Sturtevant, 1916, Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 9: 323--343 Notes on North American Drosophilidae with descriptions of twenty-three new species. [FBrf0000802]