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Dietary fatty acid effects on morphogenesis in bithorax mutants
Author(s) -
Anastakis D.,
Rapport E.,
Rogers I.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
archives of insect biochemistry and physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.576
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1520-6327
pISSN - 0739-4462
DOI - 10.1002/arch.940010303
Subject(s) - biology , drosophila melanogaster , allele , mutant , linoleic acid , oleic acid , gene , genetics , fatty acid , biochemistry
Three bithorax alleles of Drosophila melanogaster were tested to determine if dietary additions of fatty acids would alter their gene expression. For the bx 1 allele, myristic, oleic, and linoleic acids were all effective in reducing gene expression while fatty acid supplementation was ineffective with the bx 3 and bx 34 e alleles. For bx 1 the nutritionally sensitive period was found to occur in the first 48 h of larval life.
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