Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 April 2009
The inheritance of three protein fractions of third instar larval lymph in Drosophila melanogaster as detected by starch gel electrophoresis is described. Each of the three is governed by a single autosomal gene. In two, the dominant allele determines presence, and the recessive absence of the respective fraction. The third protein fraction is governed by a single pair of co-dominant alleles.
Comparison of the starch-gel pattern to that obtained on cellulose acetate and on polyacrylamide gel fails to show definite sub-fractionation of those protein bands of which the inheritance has been studied.