Preference for ethanol in Drosophila melanogaster associated with the alcohol dehydrogenase polymorphism

Douglas Cavener

doi:10.1007/BF01066974

Preference for ethanol in Drosophila melanogaster associated with the alcohol dehydrogenase polymorphism

Douglas Cavener

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Two alcohol dehydrogenase genotypes (Adh^F/Adh^F and Adh^S/Adh^S) exhibit different behavioral responses when presented with a choice between ethanol and nonethanol environments at the larval stage but not at the adult stage. The larval preferences are correlated with alcohol dehydrogenase activity, which also differs between genotypes. Since ethanol is important in the ecology of this species, the preference may be related to microhabitat selection in nature.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	359-365
Number of pages	7
Journal	Behavior Genetics
Volume	9
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01066974
State	Published - Sep 1 1979

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Genetics
Genetics(clinical)

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