Drosophila persimilis is a species of fruit fly that is a sister species to D. pseudoobscura, and was one of 12 fruitfly genomes sequenced for a large comparative study.[1]

Drosophila persimilis
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D. persimilis
Binomial name
Drosophila persimilis
Dobzhansky and Epling, 1944

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  1. ^ Drosophila 12 Genomes Consortium; et al. (2007). "Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny". Nature. 450 (7167): 203–218. Bibcode:2007Natur.450..203C. doi:10.1038/nature06341. PMID 17994087.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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