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[Effect on the fertility of female Drosophila of sterol metabolism in an ecological-genetic yeast-Drosophila system].
Ontogenez - 1 Jan 2000
Bondarenko L V, Luchnikova E M, Inge-Vechtomov S G
Abstract excerpt
The consequences of sterol deficiency in feeding of adult Drosophila females have been studied. Feeding of Drosophila on nys 1 mutant strain yeast leads to significant increase of non-developed eggs in Drosophila females. The effect of sterol deficiency on oogenesis in virgin and fertilized females has been estimated using different regimens of feeding. Possible mechanisms of arising of fertility defects are...
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