SGER: Experimental Dissection of Genotype-Specific Flight Performance

瓦特9807609在拟议的支持期内，PIS将完成对昆虫飞行的直接能量支持中糖酵解代谢产物的分析方法的开发。PIS将评估PIS昆虫研究系统中酵母菌的10种自然基因Pgi对飞行性能的影响，使用PIS计算机化的昆虫风洞来评估升力和推力输出、高峰输出持续时间和最低飞行维持持续时间作为基因、孵化和其他相关自变量的函数。PI将在室外笼子的行为水平上测试相同的基因对飞行启动和维持的影响，并在笼子内进行小气候监测，以建立对每日温度波动的适当控制。这项研究如果成功，将为支持动物运动和行为的适应性代谢组织研究的许多新进展奠定基础。

Watt 9807609 In the proposed support period the PIs will finish development of a nearly completed method for analyzing metabolites of glycolysis in direct energetic support of insect flight. The PIs will evaluate the effects on flight performance of 10 natural genotypes of a gtycolytic: enzyme, PGI, in the PIs insect study system, using the PIs computerized insect wind tunnel to evaluate lift and thrust output, duration of peak output, and duration of minimal flight sustenance as functions of genotype, brood, and other relevant independent variables. The PIs will test the same genotypes for their effects on flight initiation and sustenance at the behavioral level in outdoor cages, with microclimate monitoring in the cages to establish appropriate control of daily thermal fluctuations. This research, if successful, will lay the foundation for much new progress in the study of adaptive metabolic organization in support of animal locomotion and behavior.