Article
Genetically controlled food preference: biochemical mechanisms.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 1 Jun 1993
Guarna M M, Borowsky R L
Abstract excerpt
Food choice is known to be correlated with genotype in the crustacean Gammarus palustris. Given a choice of Enteromorpha intestinalis (E) over Ulva lactuca (U), individuals homozygous for the Amy II.52 allele have a greater preference for E than do Amy II.55 homozygotes. To account for this correlation, we hypothesized that the proportions of saccharides released by the enzymatic action of Amy II.52 on E or Amy...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amylases
- Animals
- Crustacea
- Food Preferences
- Genotype
- Glucose
- Homozygote
- Isoenzymes
- Maltose
- Oligosaccharides
- Trisaccharides