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Keeping pupae ofDrosophila melanogaster andMormoniella vitripennis in carbon monoxide containing atmosphere (CO/O2 in the ratio of 9:1) produces a general retardation of developmental processes, including the development of eye pigments. The retardation is greater and the development more sensitive to such treatment inMormoniella than inDrosophila.
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In addition to the quantitative effects the carbon monoxide treatment has also a specific qualitative effect on the development of the brown-black pigment (ommochrome?) in the eyes ofMormoniella, which is completely suppressed, while inDrosophila the corresponding pigment component is not affected.
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It is concluded that inMormoniella a coupling exists between processes of respiration and ommochrome formation, which is missing or is not essential inDrosophila. A possible explanation of this coupling is suggested.
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Mary Christopher Rohner, S.N.D. The influence of depression of respiratory metabolism by carbon monoxide on the pigment development in the insect eye. Zeitschrift für Vererbungslehre 90, 257–262 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00888758
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