Heat Stability Studies at the Alpha-glycerophosphate Dehydrogenase Locus in Populations of Drosophila Melanogaster

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Journal Biochem Genet

Specialty Molecular Biology

Date 1978 Aug 1

PMID 103542

Citations 8

Authors

G C Bewley

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Abstract

The level of hidden variation in populations of Drosophila melanogaster at the Gpdh+ locus was determined by thermal stability studies of the protein. The results indicate a lack of variation using these methods both in and between the two common electrophoretic variants. It is suggested that alpha-GPDH is conserved in primary structure, which may be related to its critical role in flight muscle metabolism.

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