Olga Barmina

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Citation: Hopkins BR, Barmina O, Wang X, Situ MM, Bolanos HA, Nie S, et al. (2026) Metabolic and developmental rate divergence between serially homologous cells underlies an evolutionary innovation in Drosophila. PLoS Biol 24(8): e3003964.

Fig 1. The first tarsal segment of the male Drosophila melanogaster foreleg carries multiple functionally and structurally distinct sensory organs. (A) Anatomy of the Drosophila melanogaster foreleg. The first tarsal segment (ta1), the focal region of this study, is distal to the tibia. Two chordotonal organs (COs) are present outside of the tarsal segments (approximate positions shown in purple). One is situated in the proximal femur (FeCO) and the other in the distal tibia (tCO) [4,5].

Abstract Over 100 years of studies in Drosophila melanogaster and related species in the genus Drosophila have facilitated key discoveries in genetics, genomics, and evolution. While high-quality genome assemblies exist for several species in this group, they only encompass a small fraction of the genus. Recent advances in long-read sequencing allow high-quality genome assemblies for tens or even hundreds of species to be efficiently generated.