Oxidative metabolism and puparium formation in the ebony mutant of drosophila melanogaster

ABSTRACT WE have recently reported1 differences between the oxidative metabolism of the wild type and the ebony mutant of _Drosophila melanogaster_. (The latter has a paler and softer

puparium than the wild type.) As it was found earlier2 that dehydrogenase activity of homogenates of prepupæ at the time of pupation is 26 per cent higher in ebony than in the wild type

(reciprocal values of the average decoloration time, given by homogenates of 10 prepupæ in 0.2 ml. 0.02 per cent methylene blue: 0.0469 for ebony, 0.0346 for wild), while the oxygen

consumption of intact prepupæ at the same stage is only 18 per cent higher in ebony than in the wild type (average oxygen uptake per hour per 1 mgm. dry weight, 4.52 µl. for ebony, 3.71 µl.

for wild type; measurements made by Miss Mary Hartman) it was inferred that during pupation the redox potential is lower in ebony than in the wild type. Access through your institution Buy

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