A DIETARY CHOLINE REQUIREMENT FOR EGG PRODUCTION IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER

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Authors:
B. W. GEER
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W. W. DOLPH
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.0210009
Volume/Issue:
Volume 21: Issue 1
Page Range:
9–15
Article Type:
Research Article
Online Publication Date:
Feb 1970
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Summary.

Adult Drosophila melanogaster require dietary choline for oogenesis. Early symptoms of choline starvation are a decline in egg production and egg hatchability followed by oviposition of malformed eggs. Choline-starved females can store viable spermatozoa. Sterility due to choline starvation can be corrected by choline administration. Females fed dl-carnitine in place of choline are fertile but produce fewer eggs with a lower hatchability than when choline is fed.

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Print ISSN:
1470-1626
Online ISSN:
1741-7899