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Tissue specificity of the esterases of two closely related species, Drosophila aldrichi and D. mulleri, is determined by starch gel electrophoresis of dissected tissues and organs and an esterase staining technique. The determination of esterase homology between the two species is supplemented by tissue specificity as an added criterion of catalytic properties. General biological functions of some of the esterases are suggested by their presence in certain tissues. The potential usefulness of knowledge of tissue specificities in evolutionary and population genetic studies is discussed.
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This work was supported (in part) by a U.S. Public Health Service research grant (GM 11609 to W. S. Stone and M. R. Wheeler) and a training grant (2T1-GM 337-07 to R. P. Wagner et al.) from the National Institutes of Health.
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Kambysellis, M.P., Johnson, F.M. & Richardson, R.H. Isozyme variability in species of the genus Drosophila. IV. Distribution of the esterases in the body tissues of D. aldrichi and D. mulleri adults. Biochem Genet 1, 249–265 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00485180
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