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Effects of dopamine on juvenile hormone metabolism and fitness in Drosophila virilis.
Journal of insect physiology - 1 Sept 2005
Gruntenko N E, Karpova E K, Alekseev A A, Chentsova N A, Saprykina Z V, Bownes M, Rauschenbach I Yu
Abstract excerpt
The effects of dopamine (DA) on juvenile hormone (JH) metabolism and fitness (estimated as fecundity and viability levels under heat stress (38 degrees C)) in Drosophila virilis have been studied. An increase of DA level obtained by feeding with DA reduced fitness of wild-type (wt) flies under stress, and decreased JH degradation in young wt females while increasing it in sexually mature wt females. A decrease in...
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