Precocene inhibition of vitellogenesis inDrosophila melanogaster

Summary A single topical application of precocene I or precocene II inhibits the normal process of vitellogenesis inDrosophila melanogaster. This effect is partly prevented by treatment with JH-11 or spontaneously reversible with time.This work was supported in part by NIH grants AI 15662 and GM 22711.     

Induction of morphological aberrations by enzyme inhibition inDrosophila melanogaster

Zusammenfassung Zusatz zum Futter vonDrosophila melanogaster von 5-Fluoro-2-deoxyuridin oder Aminopterin induziert überzählige Skutellar- und Dorsozentralborsten sowie gekerbte Flügel. Diese Modifikationen wurden als Konsequenz von Enzymhemmung interpretiert.     

Acetaldehyde metabolism inDrosophila melanogaster

Summary A quantitative study on in vitro acetaldehyde degradation in homogenates fromDrosophila melanogaster files shows that aldehyde oxidase plays the major part in acetaldehyde detoxification. However, in a strain, celed AO null, because itsAldox locus produces no aldehyde-oxidase, acetaldehyde is also degradated by a still unknown mechanism. Alcoholdehydrogenase which is responsible for the dehydrogenation of ethanol in acetaldehyde, appears to catalyze the reversed reactions as wel, regenerating ethanol fromacetaldehyde.This work was supported in part by a grant from the FNRS of Belgium.     

Ethanol metabolism inDrosophila melanogaster

Summary A quantitative study of the transformation of ethanol into acetaldehyde shows that, inDrosophila melanogaster, the mitochondrial ethanol oxidizing system is not very active but that the part played by catalase appears more important than expected. For a strain without alcoholdehydrogenase, ethanol is highly toxic. The presence of acetaldehyde in the culture medium is toxic for all the strains studied. But, since even a strain without any aldehydeoxidase lives normally, the metabolic production of acetaldehyde does not seem dangerous.     

Genetics and activity inDrosophila melanogaster

Zusammenfassung Eine Methode zur Abschätzung dreier Maßstäbe von Lokomotionsaktivität beiDrosophila melanogaster, die unter gemeinsamer genetischer Kontrolle stehen, wird beschrieben. Es wird wahrscheinlich gemacht, dass diè Kontrollè dès einem Maßstrbes von einem besonderen Teil des Gen-Komplementes ausgeübt wird, während die andern mehrere kontrollierende Gene gemeinsam besitzen.     

Toxicity of psychotropic drugs inDrosophila melanogaster

Zusammenfassung Toxische Wirkungen von Chlorpromazin und von Tranylcypromin aufDrosophila melanogaster werden beschrieben.     

Dominance for enzyme activity inDrosophila melanogaster

Summary A regulatory element tightly linked to theGpdh locus inDrosophila melanogaster has been isolated from a natural population. Flies homozygous for second chromosomes bearing the element,H31, have half the GPDH activity of normal homozygotes. Heterozygotes betweenH31 andF orS alleles exhibit dominance in GPDH activity. Heterozygotes betweenH31, F orS andDf(2L) GdhA have half the diploid level. The contribution of theS allele to the activity inS/H31 heterozygotes is more than four times that ofH31. The regulatory element distinguishingH31 is tightly linked to theGpdh ⁺ locus.     

An inbreeding sensitivity gene inDrosophila melanogaster

Summary Experiments are reported which tend to support the hypothesis that a single gene or gene complex may be responsible for inbreeding depression. The gene is located on the third chromosome.I thank R. Grantham and J.M. Legay (Lyon, France), C. Krimbas (Athens, Greece), D. Mohler (USA) and especially R. Milkman (USA) for helpful criticism and suggestions. The Laboratoire de Biométrie is associated with CNRS Laboratory No. 243.     

Two new pteridinic pigments inDrosophila melanogaster

Zusammenfassung Der extrahierte rote Augenfarbstoff vonDrosophila melanogaster zeigt papierchromatographisch ein Gemisch von 5 rot-orange fluoreszierenden Pterinen. Zwei von diesen bisher nicht beobachtete Stoffe treten im Puppenstadium noch nicht auf, sondern erst nach dem Ausschlüpfen der Fliegen.     

Genotypic control of mating times inDrosophila melanogaster

Résumé Chez quelques lignées pures et hybrides deDrosophila melanogaster l'accouplement sexuel s'effectue avec des vitesses variables. On peut conclure que la constitution génotypique exerce une action très importante sur la vitesse de l'accouplement.     

Thymidine teratogenesis and mutagenesis inDrosophila melanogaster

Zusammenfassung Wird Thymidin dem Standardnährboden vonDrosophila zugefügt (1–2%), erweist es sich als teratogen. Bei Versuchen mit verschiedenen Stämmen vonD. melanogaster traten in allen Fällen nach Behandlung wiederholt morphologische Missbildungen einer ganz bestimmten Kategorie auf. Ausserdem erwies sich Thymidin bei diesen Konzentrationen auch als mutagen zumindest in bezug auf die Auslösung geschlechtsgebundener rezessiver Letalfaktoren. Der mutagene Effekt kann durch Röntgenbestrahlung des Thymidins vor der Anwendung herabgesetzt werden. Auf die möglichen Ursachen der teratogenen und mutagenen Wirkung des Thymidins beiD. melanogaster wird hingewiesen.     

Mobile gene localization and viability inDrosophila melanogaster

Summary The location of the mobile element mdg-1 was determined by in situ hybridization in salivary gland chromosomes ofDrosophila melanogaster. The locations of mdg-1 are nonrandom and some hot spots exist. Moreover, the spectra of mdg-1 locations vary with the viability values of the families from which the larvae originated. This suggests that particular frequency spectra are associated with lethality resulting from inbreeding.     

Modes of variation in alcohol dehydrogenase inDrosophila melanogaster

Zusammenfassung Neben zwei elektrophoretisch verschiedenen Varianten derDrosophila-Alkoholdehydrogenase kommen innerhalb dieser Varianten weitere Variationen vor, die sich in ihrer spezifischen Aktivität und Temperaturempfindlichkeit unterscheiden. Es wird daraus geschlossen, dass der Grad des Polymorphismus von Populationen grösser sei, als aufgrund elektrophoretischer Untersuchungen geschätzt wird.     

Average dominance of interocellar bristle polygenes inDrosophila melanogaster

Summary The average dominance of interocellar bristle polygenes inDrosophila melanogaster was computed from the ratio of deviations from the base population mean of the F₁ and the selection lines. The alleles determining interocellar bristle number show recessiveness, more pronounced in low lines than in high lines.     

Effect of intercalating mutagens on crossing-over inDrosophila melanogaster females

Summary In order to evaluate the effect of several intercalating compounds on crossing-over inDrosophila melanogaster females, acridine orange, acriflavine, chloroquine, ethidium bromide and quinacrine were fed separately to larvae ofy ct f/+++ genotype. Our results show that acridine orange, acriflavine and ethidium bromide increase significantly the recombination frequency at thect-f region and support the view that, for intercalating agents, there is a relationship between clastogenic activity and female recombination induction.     

Morphology of the carnation-light synthetic lethal focus inDrosophila melanogaster

Summary A histological study of the carnation-light lethal focus revealed morphological abnormalities in brain tissue. The ratio of core width to total brain width and brain texture consistently differed between lethal (car-lt) and their non-lethal sibs.