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Genetic control of biogenic-amine systems in Drosophila under normal and stress conditions.
Biochemical genetics - 1 Jun 2000
Hirashima A, Sukhanova MJh, Rauschenbach IYu
Abstract excerpt
The contents of octopamine and its precursors (tyrosine and tyramine) were studied in adults of two lines of Drosophila virilis with contrasting stress responses. It was demonstrated that in individuals responding to stress by a hormonal stress reaction (line 101), the contents of octopamine and tyrosine are lower than in nonresponding flies (line 147). It was found that there is no difference between the lines...
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