Abstract:
:Techniques for performing numerous enzyme kinetic assays with minimum time and effort would be valuable to studies of the evolutionary genetics of metabolic control and the quantitative genetics of determinants of kinetic parameters. Microtiter plate readers have been used for a variety of repetitious analytical techniques, and instruments are available that can take repetitive readings with sufficient speed to perform kinetic assays. The ability of these instruments to assay rapidly the kinetic properties of small samples makes them potentially useful for a number of problems in population genetics. While the ability to handle large numbers of samples is very attractive, the small sample volumes and optical imprecision of microtiter plates result in some sacrifice in accuracy. This paper presents methods for performing kinetic assays on individual field-caught Drosophila, quantifies the precision of these methods, and characterizes differences among Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans from samples caught in California and Pennsylvania. Comparisons between field-caught and laboratory reared D. melanogaster show that most of the characters are very similar, with the exception of alpha GPDH, which has a threefold higher mean activity among field-caught flies. The phenotypic correlations are presented with a brief discussion of their relevance to assessing the evolution of metabolic control of these enzymes.
journal_name
Biochem Genetjournal_title
Biochemical geneticsauthors
Clark AG,Keith LEdoi
10.1007/BF00554162subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1989-06-01 00:00:00pages
263-77issue
5-6eissn
0006-2928issn
1573-4927journal_volume
27pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1975-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1984-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Biochemical genetics
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1994-06-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1979-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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