title: Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase isozyme variation in adult meliponids (Hymenoptera: Apidae).
abstract: Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-3-PDH) isozymes were investigated in several bee and wasp species to verify if variations detected in G-3-PDH-2 isozymes are closely related to the age and activity of adult workers in the nest or hive of social species. In the solitary, the semisocial, and one social bee species, no phenotypic variations were detected for G-3-PDH-2 isozymes, and this was also the case for all wasp species investigated which were characterized as social. These results allow us to suggest that the variation detected in G-3-PDH-2 isozymes is a phenomenon closely related not only to adult age and activity in the hive, but also to a gradual acquisition of the ability to fly, which is not present in newly emerged worker meliponids in particular.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, State University of Maringá, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Contel
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D005426:Flight, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005993:Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D010641:Phenotype; D012919:Social Behavior; D013045:Species Specificity; D014863:Wasps / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D005993:Glycerolphosphate Dehydrogenase