Drosophila mojavensis

{{Short description|Species of fly}}

{{Taxobox

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Diptera

| familia = Drosophilidae

| genus = Drosophila

| subgenus = Drosophila

| species_group = Drosophila repleta group

| species_subgroup = Drosophila mulleri subgroup

| species_complex = Drosophila mojavensis complex

| species = D. mojavensis

| binomial = Drosophila mojavensis

| binomial_authority = Patterson et al., 1940

}}

Drosophila mojavensis is a cactophilic species of fruit fly from the southwestern United States and Mexico, and was one of 12 fruitfly genomes sequenced for a large comparative study.{{cite journal |doi=10.1038/nature06341 |title=Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny |year=2007 |last1=Drosophila 12 Genomes Consortium |journal=Nature |volume=450 |pages=203–218 |pmid=17994087 |issue=7167|bibcode=2007Natur.450..203C |display-authors=etal|doi-access=free }}

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