| Drosophila yakuba | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Drosophilidae |
| Genus: | Drosophila |
| Subgenus: | Sophophora |
| Species group: | melanogaster group |
| Species subgroup: | melanogaster subgroup |
| Species: | D. yakuba |
| Binomial name | |
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Drosophila yakuba Burla, 1954 |
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Drosophila yakuba is an African species of fruit fly that is predominantly found in open savanna, and was one of 12 fruit fly genomes sequenced for a large comparative study.