Eden W McQueen, Mehrnaz Afkhami, Joel Atallah, John M Belote, Nicolas Gompel, Yael Heifetz, Yoshitaka Kamimura, Shani C Kornhauser, John P Masly, Patrick O'Grady, Julianne Peláez, Mark Rebeiz, Gavin Rice, Ernesto Sánchez-Herrero, Maria Daniela Santos Nunes, Augusto Santos Rampasso, Sandra L Schnakenberg, Mark L Siegal, Aya Takahashi, Kentaro M Tanaka, Natascha Turetzek, Einat Zelinger, Virginie Courtier-Orgogozo, Masanori J Toda, Mariana F Wolfner, Amir Yassin
The model organism Drosophila melanogaster has become a focal system for investigations of rapidly evolving genital morphology as well as the development and functions of insect reproductive structures. To follow up on a previous paper outlining unifying terminology for the structures of the male terminalia in this species, we offer here a detailed description of the female terminalia of D. melanogaster . Informative diagrams and micrographs are presented to provide a comprehensive overview of the external and internal reproductive structures of females...
December 2022: Fly