[Genetic control of juvenile hormone metabolism in Drosophila melanogaster]

Juvenile hormone (JH) metabolism in two lines of Drosophila melanogaster adults was studied under normal conditions and after short-time heat stress. Females of the line Cy/L; D/Sb were shown to have high JH hydrolysis levels which to decreased when they experienced heat stress by decreasing its level, Genetic analysis of differences in the level of JH metabolism in lines 921283 and Cy/L; D/Sb of D, melanogaster under normal conditions was performed. It was established that the trait studied was inherited according to the incomplete dominance type. It was shown that these differences were controlled by the gene (genes) localized in chromosome 2.