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Dominance for enzyme activity inDrosophila melanogaster

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A regulatory element tightly linked to theGpdh locus inDrosophila melanogaster has been isolated from a natural population. Flies homozygous for second chromosomes bearing the element,H31, have half the GPDH activity of normal homozygotes. Heterozygotes betweenH31 andF orS alleles exhibit dominance in GPDH activity. Heterozygotes betweenH31, F orS andDf(2L) GdhA have half the diploid level. The contribution of theS allele to the activity inS/H31 heterozygotes is more than four times that ofH31. The regulatory element distinguishingH31 is tightly linked to theGpdh + locus.

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  1. Department of Population Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University, P.O. Box 475, 2601, Canberra City, A.C.T., Australia

    J. B. Gibson, A. V. Wilks, A. Cao & A. L. Freeth

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Gibson, J.B., Wilks, A.V., Cao, A. et al. Dominance for enzyme activity inDrosophila melanogaster. Experientia 42, 191–192 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01952463

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