The effect of developmental nutrition on ethanol addiction in Drosophila melanogaster
School Name
Spring Valley High School
Grade Level
10th Grade
Presentation Topic
Physiology and Health
Presentation Type
Non-Mentored
Oral Presentation Award
4th Place
Written Paper Award
1st Place
Abstract
Alcohol addiction and other substance abuse disorders have led to unhealthy life choices and mortality around the world. Thus, research has been conducted to study the correlation between epigenome and environmental factors in order to raise awareness and help for others. The purpose of this experiment was to analyze whether developmental nutrition affected ethanol addiction. It was hypothesized that the Drosophila melanogaster raised in a poor nutritional environment would consume the most ethanol. In order to test this hypothesis, the experiment consisted of raising the fruit flies in the developmental environments. Once the organisms became adults, a 0.1% ethanol and 5% sucrose mixture was introduced using a capillary feeding (CAFE) assay. This was used in order to study the ethanol consumption between each developmental treatment over two weeks. An average consumption rate of microliters per day was recorded. An ANOVA test [F(2,10) = 6.85, p = 0.013] showed that nutritional treatments impacted ethanol addiction. The Scheffé test found that the Fs of the rich treatment compared to the poor and control treatments to be greater than the critical value, 8.2. Overall, the cultures raised in rich developmental nutrition had the highest ethanol consumption.
Recommended Citation
Nguyen, Dawn, "The effect of developmental nutrition on ethanol addiction in Drosophila melanogaster" (2018). South Carolina Junior Academy of Science. 191.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/scjas/2018/all/191
Location
Neville 121
Start Date
4-14-2018 2:00 PM
Presentation Format
Oral and Written
The effect of developmental nutrition on ethanol addiction in Drosophila melanogaster
Neville 121
Alcohol addiction and other substance abuse disorders have led to unhealthy life choices and mortality around the world. Thus, research has been conducted to study the correlation between epigenome and environmental factors in order to raise awareness and help for others. The purpose of this experiment was to analyze whether developmental nutrition affected ethanol addiction. It was hypothesized that the Drosophila melanogaster raised in a poor nutritional environment would consume the most ethanol. In order to test this hypothesis, the experiment consisted of raising the fruit flies in the developmental environments. Once the organisms became adults, a 0.1% ethanol and 5% sucrose mixture was introduced using a capillary feeding (CAFE) assay. This was used in order to study the ethanol consumption between each developmental treatment over two weeks. An average consumption rate of microliters per day was recorded. An ANOVA test [F(2,10) = 6.85, p = 0.013] showed that nutritional treatments impacted ethanol addiction. The Scheffé test found that the Fs of the rich treatment compared to the poor and control treatments to be greater than the critical value, 8.2. Overall, the cultures raised in rich developmental nutrition had the highest ethanol consumption.
