Drosophila willistoni
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Drosophila willistoni is a species of fruit fly widely used in genetic and evolutionary biology research, particularly for studies of speciation and chromosomal variation.
All labels observed (1)
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| Drosophila willistoni canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T18783773 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Drosophila willistoni Context triple: [Drosophilidae, includesTaxon, Drosophila willistoni]
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Drosophila yakuba
Drosophila yakuba is a species of fruit fly commonly used as a model organism in genetics and evolutionary biology research.
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B.
Drosophila virilis
Drosophila virilis is a species of fruit fly commonly used as a model organism in genetics and evolutionary biology research.
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C.
Drosophila ananassae
Drosophila ananassae is a species of fruit fly widely used as a model organism in genetics, evolutionary biology, and population studies.
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D.
Drosophila sechellia
Drosophila sechellia is a species of fruit fly endemic to the Seychelles, notable for its specialized adaptation to feeding and breeding on the toxic fruit of Morinda citrifolia (noni).
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E.
Drosophila simulans
Drosophila simulans is a species of fruit fly widely used as a genetic and evolutionary model organism closely related to Drosophila melanogaster.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Drosophila willistoni Target entity description: Drosophila willistoni is a species of fruit fly widely used in genetic and evolutionary biology research, particularly for studies of speciation and chromosomal variation.
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A.
Drosophila yakuba
Drosophila yakuba is a species of fruit fly commonly used as a model organism in genetics and evolutionary biology research.
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B.
Drosophila virilis
Drosophila virilis is a species of fruit fly commonly used as a model organism in genetics and evolutionary biology research.
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C.
Drosophila ananassae
Drosophila ananassae is a species of fruit fly widely used as a model organism in genetics, evolutionary biology, and population studies.
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D.
Drosophila sechellia
Drosophila sechellia is a species of fruit fly endemic to the Seychelles, notable for its specialized adaptation to feeding and breeding on the toxic fruit of Morinda citrifolia (noni).
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E.
Drosophila simulans
Drosophila simulans is a species of fruit fly widely used as a genetic and evolutionary model organism closely related to Drosophila melanogaster.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.