Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-3-PDH; EC 1.1.1.8) variation in Brazilian stingless bees and in wasp species.

doi:10.1007/BF00590105

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Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-3-PDH; EC 1.1.1.8) variation in Brazilian stingless bees and in wasp species.

Biochemical genetics - 1 Jun 1991

Machado M F, Contel E P

Abstract excerpt

In only 1 bee species (Tetragona clavipes) of 24 sampled in 145 colonies (0.69%) did we detect the presence of more than one allele for glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.8), an enzyme that is involved in flight. In 34 colonies containing 9 wasp species, 5 colonies of only 2 species (Po...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Bees
Brazil
Electrophoresis, Starch Gel
Flight, Animal
Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase
Isoenzymes
Wasps

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