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THE melanogaster subgroup in the Drosophila genus now includes six different species: four of them are found in tropical countries of the Ethiopian biogeographic region (D. yakuba Burla, D. teissieri Tsacas, D. erecta Tsacas and Lachaise, D. mauritiana Tsacas and David) whereas the two better known species, D. melanogaster and D. simulans, are widespread cosmopolitans. This geographical distribution is a strong argument for a tropical African origin of the subgroup1 and it suggests that genetically only two species were sufficiently versatile for adaptation to northern and southern temperate climates.
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DAVID, J., BOCQUET, C. Similarities and differences in latitudinal adaptation of two Drosophila sibling species. Nature 257, 588–590 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/257588a0
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