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The dorsal abdomen of D. melanogaster is shown for wild-type adult females (left) and males (right). Note the dark pigment stripe visible at the posterior edge of abdominal segments A2-A6 in females and A2-A4 in males as well as the more complete melanization in tergites A5 and A6 of males relative to females.
