Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase isozyme variation in adult meliponids (Hymenoptera: Apidae). NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1992. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase isozyme variation in adult meliponids (Hymenoptera: Apidae).

Biochem Genet. 1991 Dec;29(11-12):593-600. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92313305
Machado MF; Contel EP; Department of Biology, State University of Maringa, PR, Brazil.

Abstract: Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-3-PDH) isozymes were investigated in several bee and wasp species to verify if variations detected in G-3-PDH-2 isozymes are closely related to the age and activity of adult workers in the nest or hive of social species. In the solitary, the semisocial, and one social bee species, no phenotypic variations were detected for G-3-PDH-2 isozymes, and this was also the case for all wasp species investigated which were characterized as social. These results allow us to suggest that the variation detected in G-3-PDH-2 isozymes is a phenomenon closely related not only to adult age and activity in the hive, but also to a gradual acquisition of the ability to fly, which is not present in newly emerged worker meliponids in particular.
Keywords: Age Factors Animal Bees/*ENZYMOLOGY/GENETICS Comparative Study Flight, Animal/PHYSIOLOGY Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase/*GENETICS/PHYSIOLOGY Isoenzymes/*GENETICS/PHYSIOLOGY Phenotype Social Behavior Species Specificity Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Variation (Genetics) Wasps/*ENZYMOLOGY/GENETICS JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDagefactorsanimalbees/KWDenzymology/geneticscomparativestudyflight,animal/physiologyglycerolphosphatedehydrogenase/KWDgenetics/physiologyisoenzymes/KWDgenetics/physiologyphenotypesocialbehaviorspeciesspecificitysupport,non-uKWDsKWDgov'tvariation(genetics)wasps/KWDenzymology/geneticsjournalarticle
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