Most of the relationships on this page were obtained from:
        Jeffs, P.S., E. C. Holmes, and M Ashburner. 1994. The molecular evolution of the alcohol dehydrogenase and alcohol dehydrogenase-related genes in the Drosophila melanogaster species group. Mol. Biol. Evol. 11(2):287-304.

Most of the figures on this page where obtained from:
        Lemeunier, F., J.R. David, L. Tsacas, and M. Ashburner. "The melanogaster species group." The Genetics and Biology of Drosophila. Ed. M. Ashburner, H.L. Carson, and J.N. Thompson, Jr.  New York: New York  Academic Press, 1986.  147-256.

                                D. melanogaster male and female                                                                                     D. simulans (small fly on right)

D. melanogaster and D. simulans male genetal arch

 
 

D. orena, D. erecta, and D. yakuba male genetal phallus

Distribution of the melanogaster subgroup

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