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A small decrease in alcohol dehydrogenase activity was found in translocation stocks ofDrosophila melanogaster in which a section of the heterochromatic Y-chromosome is inserted proximal toAdh. This small position effect is consistent with our growing knowledge of the control and transcription of theAdh locus. *** DIRECT SUPPORT *** A2025089 00003
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We are grateful to Dr D. L. Lindsley who provided the T(Y:2) stocks to R.C.W. and to Dr J.F. Halsey for his advice and hospitality in his laboratory. This research was supportee, in part, by a Faculty Research Council grant from the University of Oklahoma to J.N.T.
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Hisey, B.N., Thompson, J.N. & Woodruff, R.C. Position effect influencing alcohol dehydrogenase activity inDrosophila melanogaster. Experientia 35, 591–592 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01960336
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