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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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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.

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  1. Department of Biology, State University of Maringá, State of Paraná, Brazil

    M. F. P. S. Machado

  2. Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicina of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, State of São Paulo, Brazil

    E. P. B. Contel

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Research supported by FAPESP and CNPq-PIG IV.

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Machado, M.F.P.S., Contel, E.P.B. Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-3-PDH; EC 1.1.1.8) variation in Brazilian stingless bees and in wasp species. Biochem Genet 29, 255–260 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00590105

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