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Chapitres
- 00:05Titre
- 00:48Preparation of Fly Food Containing Radiolabeled Metabolic Substrates
- 02:16Feeding Radiolabeled Metabolic Substrates to Adult Fruit Flies
- 04:03Preparation of the CO2-Collection Apparatus
- 06:51Analysis of Results
- 07:45Résultats
- 09:05Conclusion
This paper describes a method for the measurement of fuel oxidation in Drosophila melanogaster in which trace amounts of specific radiolabeled metabolic substrates are fed to flies. The exhaled radiolabeled CO2 that is a produced from fuel oxidation is collected and measured.
