Effects on ADH activity and distribution, following selection for tolerance to ethanol in Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1007/BF00240558

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Effects on ADH activity and distribution, following selection for tolerance to ethanol in Drosophila melanogaster.

Genetica - 1 Jan 1992

Kerver J W, Wolf W, Kamping A, van Delden W

Abstract excerpt

Strains of Drosophila melanogaster homozygous for either the AdhF or the AdhS allele were kept on food supplemented with ethanol for 20 generations. These strains (FE and SE) were tested for tolerance to ethanol and compared with control strains (FN and SN). The E strains showed increased toleran...

Topics

Abdomen
Adaptation, Physiological
Alcohol Dehydrogenase
Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Drug Tolerance
Ethanol
Female
Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
Genotype
Head
Male
Phenotype
Proteins
Selection, Genetic
Thorax
Yeasts

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