Article
Decreased metabolic rate as an acrolein resistance mechanism in Drosophila melanogaster.
Behavior genetics - 1 Sept 1991
Barros A R, Sierra L M, Comendador M A
Abstract excerpt
Using several mutant strains of Drosophila melanogaster, with different degrees of spontaneous activity, we have studied whether a decreased metabolic rate, measured by oxygen consumption, might be one of the mechanisms involved in acrolein resistance, such as predicted by Hoffmann and Parsons (1989a, b). The results agree with this prediction.
Topics
- Acrolein
- Animals
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Energy Metabolism
- Models, Genetic
- Mutation
- Oxygen Consumption