Drosophila melanogaster (Fruit fly) assembly and gene annotation

Assembly

Ensembl uses the Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project (BDGP) assembly release 6 (July 2014). In contrast to release 5, regions without a chromosome assignment are stored as distinct scaffolds, rather than on a single pseudo-chromosome, and heterochromatin regions are incorporated in the chromosomal arms.

Other assemblies

Gene annotation

Protein-coding and ncRNA annotations were imported from FlyBase, release dmel_r6.32 (FB2020_01).

This species (and other invertebrates, including 11 other drosophilid species) are also available from our sister site, Ensembl Metazoa

References

The genome sequence of Drosophila melanogaster
Adams MD, Celniker SE, Holt RA, Evans CA, Gocayne JD, Amanatides PG, Scherer SE, Li PW, Hoskins RA, Galle RF et al.
Science. 2000. 287(5461):2185-95

Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny
Drosophila 12 Genomes Consortium, Clark AG, Eisen MB, Smith DR, Bergman CM, Oliver B, Markow TA, Kaufman TC, Kellis M, Gelbart W et al.
Nature. 2007 Nov 8. 450(7167):203-18

More information

General information about this species can be found in Wikipedia.