Genetic factors on the second and third chromosomes responsible for the variation of amylase activity and inducibility in Drosophila melanogaster

Genetical Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-103

  Matsuo, Yoshinori ^a   Yamazaki, Tsuneyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; GLUCOSE; STARCH;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 3; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; NONHUMAN;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES; CULTURE MEDIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME INDUCTION; GLUCOSE; INSECT PROTEINS; STARCH;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031436113     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672397002887     Document Type: Article

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