PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Butterworth, F. M.
TI  - Lipids of Drosophila: A Newly Detected Lipid in the Male
AID  - 10.1126/science.163.3873.1356
DP  - 1969 Mar 21
TA  - Science
PG  - 1356--1357
VI  - 163
IP  - 3873
4099  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/163/3873/1356.short
4100  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/163/3873/1356.full
SO  - Science1969 Mar 21; 163
AB  - A thin-layer chromatographic analysis of Drosophila melanogaster revealed a lipid to be found almost exclusively in the adult male. The compound or class of compounds having an RF close to that of methyl oleate is present in substantial amounts and is located predominantly in the ejaculatory bulb. It appears from genetic studies that the formulation of the lipid is not mediated by the Y chromosome.