The Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center has been involved in several Drosophila genome sequence projects.

Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel
(D. melanogaster re-sequencing)

In association with Trudy Mackay (North Carolina State University) we are sequencing a number of phenotyped inbred strains of D. melanogaster using new technologies. The aim is to allow genome scale association studies, and make both the flies' strains and the sequences available to the entire Drosophila community. As a start to this process, sequences will be made available here as well as in the usual public depositories.

Drosophila pseudoobscura genome sequence

A draft genome sequence of the fruitfly D. pseudoobscura was performed by the BCM-HGSC, and published in January 2005 (Richards et al. Comparative genome sequencing of Drosophila pseudoobscura: Chromosomal, gene, and cis-element evolution. Genome Research 15:1-18). Details on the project can be found on the D. pseudoobscura web page.

Drosophila melanogaster genome sequence

The BCM-HGSC was a member of the Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project (BDGP), and responsible for sequencing and finishing approximately one third of the D. melanogaster reference sequence. The reference has since been published (Adams, M. D. et al. The genome sequence of Drosophila melanogaster. Science 287, 2185-95 (2000).) and further refined (Celniker, S. E. et al. Finishing a whole-genome shotgun: release 3 of the Drosophila melanogaster euchromatic genome sequence. Genome Biol 3, RESEARCH0079 (2002)). For this genome, the best place to find the most recent data is flybase (www.flybase.org) but the original page is kept for the historical record here.