Contribution of Cytologia to Drosophila Studies across the World

Abstract

Since its inception in 1929, Cytologia has made several significant contributions to the international community, including supporting various discoveries in Drosophila. These experiments were not only successful in D. melanogaster but also other species, such as D. virilis and D. ananassae. This is because the two founding Fly Rooms in Japan, one at Kyoto University and the other at Tokyo Metropolitan University, included these species in their evaluations. Many other Drosophila species have also been analyzed at the cytological, genetic, and evolutionary levels by various researchers from across the world with many of these findings subsequently discussed in Cytologia papers.