Synergistic effect of Adh alleles in Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1098/rspb.1992.0002

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Synergistic effect of Adh alleles in Drosophila melanogaster.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Jan 1992

Li X M

Abstract excerpt

In laboratory cultures of Drosophila melanogaster derived from an African population, the quantities of six out of seven enzymes (G6PD, IDH, GPDH, ME, MDH, PGM and ADH) were higher in Adh-FF homozygotes than they were in Adh-SS. In crosses between Adh-FF and Adh-SS flies, the differences segregat...

Topics

Alcohol Dehydrogenase
Alleles
Animals
Chromosome Mapping
Crosses, Genetic
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase
Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase
Isocitrate Dehydrogenase
Malate Dehydrogenase
Male
Phosphoglucomutase

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