Effect ofalpha-difluormethylornithine on Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera, Tephritidae) ovary size.
Ovarian sizes (length and width) were measured in young females of Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) (Diptera, Tephritidae) subjected or not to the inhibitor alpha-difluormethylornithine (alpha-DFMO). The most effective concentration of alpha-DMFO used was 50 mM and the ovarian measurements (length and width) of the treated females were smaller than those of females not treated with alpha-DMFO. These data may suggest some relationship between ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) and sexual maturation in A. fraterculus.
Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
V V
VV
Cardoso
J C F
JC
Moreira
A K
AK
Oliveira
D000818:Animals; D000518:Eflornithine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D065108:Ornithine Decarboxylase Inhibitors; D010053:Ovary / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D033621:Tephritidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology
D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D065108:Ornithine Decarboxylase Inhibitors; D000518:Eflornithine