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Effects of environmental temperatures on alcohol dehydrogenase activity levels in Drosophila melanogaster

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    Bonnie M. Sampsell & Victor C. Barnette

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This research was supported by NSF Grant DEB 79-11538 and NIH Grant RR-08043-10. Some equipment was purchased through NIH Training Grant T32-GM07091 to the University of Iowa.

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Sampsell, B.M., Barnette, V.C. Effects of environmental temperatures on alcohol dehydrogenase activity levels in Drosophila melanogaster . Biochem Genet 23, 53–59 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00499112

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