Glycogen storage in normal and wing-mutant strains of Drosophila melanogaster.

doi:10.1016/0300-9629(94)90154-6

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Glycogen storage in normal and wing-mutant strains of Drosophila melanogaster.

Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Physiology - 1 Oct 1994

Barnes W S

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Total body weight, total glycogen content and the percentage of body weight attributable to stored glycogen were measured in wild-type and two wing-mutant strains of 0-2-day-old (immature) and 5-7-day-old (mature) Drosophila melanogaster. Wild-type and wing mutant strains did not differ significa...

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Animals
Body Weight
Drosophila melanogaster
Glycogen
Mutation
Wings, Animal

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