title: Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-3-PDH; EC 1.1.1.8) variation in Brazilian stingless bees and in wasp species.
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 and P. sericea) showed variation in larval G-3-PDH (14.7%). The small amount of variation observed for the G-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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, State University of Maringá, State of Paraná, Brazil.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Contel
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D001938:Brazil; D004592:Electrophoresis, Starch Gel; D005426:Flight, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D005993:Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics*; D014863:Wasps / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D005993:Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase