Strains of Drosophila melanogaster differ in alcohol tolerance.

doi:10.1111/j.1601-5223.1997.00103.x

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Strains of Drosophila melanogaster differ in alcohol tolerance.

Hereditas - 1 Jan 1997

Bokor K, Pecsenye K

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The influence of environmental ethanol on different fitness components and the larval activities of some enzymes were studied in three strains of Drosophila melanogaster. All three strains carried the AdhS-alphaGpdhF allele combination on their second chromosomes while they had unique allele comb...

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Alcohols
Alleles
Animals
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Insecticide Resistance
Male
Species Specificity

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