Understanding phylogenetic relationships among taxa is key to designing and implementing
comparative analyses. The genus Drosophila, which contains over 1600 species, is one of …

Fruit flies of the genus Drosophila have been an attractive and effective genetic model
organism since Thomas Hunt Morgan and colleagues made seminal discoveries with them …

Abstract Drosophila INterspersed Elements (DINEs) constitute an abundant but poorly
understood group of Helitrons present in several Drosophila species. The general structure …

Many Drosophila species differ widely in their distributions and climate niches, making them
excellent subjects for evolutionary genomic studies. Here, we have developed a database of …

Cactophilic Drosophila species provide a valuable model to study gene–environment
interactions and ecological adaptation. Drosophila buzzatii and Drosophila mojavensis are …

High-quality genome assemblies across a range of nontraditional model organisms can
accelerate the discovery of novel aspects of genome evolution. The Drosophila virilis group …

Speciation with gene flow is now widely regarded as common. However, the frequency of
introgression between recently diverged species and the evolutionary consequences of …

Transposable elements (TEs) and satellite DNAs (satDNAs) are abundant components of
most eukaryotic genomes studied so far and their impact on evolution has been the focus of …

Satellite DNAs are among the most abundant repetitive DNAs found in eukaryote genomes,
where they participate in a variety of biological roles, from being components of important …

In Drosophila, large variations in rearrangement rate have been reported among different
lineages and among Muller's elements. Nevertheless, the mechanisms that are involved in …