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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Arthropods > Insecta > Pterygota > Neoptera > Holometabola > Diptera > Drosophilidae

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Drosophilidae  

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  • a family of Diptera; /microbiol /parasitol /virol permitted; do not use /drug eff for insecticides: TN 111

Scope note

  • A family of the order DIPTERA. These flies are generally found around decaying vegetation and fruit. Several species, because of their short life span, giant salivary gland chromosomes, and ease of culturing, have been used extensively in studies of heredity.

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  • 95

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018428

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