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Comparison of superoxide dismutase activity in homogenates of wild and vestigial strains ofD. melanogaster revealed a lower enzyme activity in the short-living vestigial strain.
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Acknowledgments. We are indebted to Prof. M. Olszewska for giving us fly specimens. This work was partly supported by the project No. R. III. 13. 2. 4.
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Bartosz, G., Leyko, W. & Fried, R. Superoxide dismutase and life span ofDrosophila melanogaster. Experientia 35, 1193 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01963281
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