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COMPARISON OF SEED PROTEINS IN THE GENUS SUAEDA (CHENOPODIACEAE) BY MEANS OF DISC GEL ELECTROPHORESIS
Author(s) -
Ungar Irwin A.,
Boucaud J.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1974.tb12251.x
Subject(s) - biology , botany , taxon , genus , intraspecific competition , chenopodiaceae , electrophoresis , similarity (geometry) , zoology , biochemistry , artificial intelligence , computer science , image (mathematics)
Polyacrylamide gel disc electrophoresis was utilized to determine seed protein patterns in ten taxa within the genus Suaeda. The results indicated a close relationship, averaging 92.2 %, similarity between the seed protein patterns of S. maritima var. macrocarpa, S. maritima var. vulgaris , and S. maritima var. flexilis. These intraspecific forms were more similar to one another than to any of the other taxa investigated. A continental North American species, S. depressa , was related to the S. maritima complex, and its protein pattern indicates that it may have evolved from S. maritima. The technique of disc electrophoresis proved useful in assessing the degree of similarity between taxa within the genus Suaeda.