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Carbonic anhydrase isoenzymes in nine troops of Kenya baboons, Papio cynocephalus (Linnaeus 1766)
Author(s) -
Olivier Thomas J.,
BuettnerJanusch John,
BuettnerJanusch Vina
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330410202
Subject(s) - carbonic anhydrase , locus (genetics) , allele , isozyme , carbonic anhydrase ii , genetics , biology , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , enzyme , gene
The distributions of alleles at the carbonic anhydrase I (CA I = CA B) and carbonic anhydrase II (CA II = CA C) loci in nine troops of Papio cynocephalus were determined. Two alleles were found at the CA I locus, and three at the CA II locus; the frequencies were: CA I a = 0.856; CA I b = 0.144; CA II a = 0.784; CA II b = 0.209; CA II c = 0.007. Results of tests for Hardy‐Weinberg equilibrium, homogeneity tests, and calculations of migration rates were used in support of the interpretation that migration and genetic drift may affect the distribution of alleles at the CA I locus and that selection is the process responsible for the distribution of alleles at the CA II locus.