Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-3-PDH; EC 1.1.1.8) variation in Brazilian stingless bees and in wasp species |
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| Authors: | M F P S Machado E P B Contel |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, State University of Maringá, State of Paraná, Brazil;(2) Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicina of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, State of São Paulo, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | In only 1 bee species(Tetragona clavipes) of 24 sampled in 145 colonies (0.69%) did we detect the presence of more than one allele for glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.8), an enzyme that is involved in flight. In 34 colonies containing 9 wasp species, 5 colonies of only 2 species(Polybia paulista andP. sericea) showed variation in larval G-3-PDH (14.7%). The small amount of variation observed for theG-3-PDH-1 locus in the bee and wasp species analyzed in the present study agrees with that reported for the G-3-PDH system in other insects.Research supported by FAPESP and CNPq-PIG IV. |
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| Keywords: | glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase social bees wasp isozymes Hymenoptera |
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