SGER: Experimental Dissection of Genotype-Specific Flight Performance

在建议的支持期内，pi将完成一种几乎完整的方法的开发，用于分析糖酵解代谢物，直接支持昆虫飞行的能量。pi将在pi昆虫研究系统中评估一种糖酵解酶（PGI）的10种天然基因型对飞行性能的影响，使用pi计算机化昆虫风洞评估升力和推力输出、峰值输出持续时间和最小飞行维持时间作为基因型、孵化和其他相关自变量的函数。PIs将在室外笼中测试相同基因型对飞行起始和维持行为水平的影响，并在笼中进行小气候监测，以建立适当的日常热波动控制。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的研究取得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.