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Comparative study of red‐cell enzyme polymorphism in the pika and the rabbit
Author(s) -
Vergnes Henri,
Puget Alain,
Gouarderes Christine
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
animal blood groups and biochemical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2052
pISSN - 0003-3480
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1974.tb01330.x
Subject(s) - pika , biology , isozyme , enzyme , red cell , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , genetics , medicine , ecology , national park
Summary The variants of seven red‐cell enzyme systems of two families of Lagomorphae (rabbit and pika) are studied by enzymoelectrophoretic determination of isoenzyme distribution. Polymorphism appears in five different enzymes (PGM, AK, G6PD, 6PGD and NADH diaphorase) in the pika and in one system (NADH diaphorase) in the rabbit. The electropherograms of acid phosphatase and LDH do not show any variability in either pikas or rabbits. In the pika, red‐cell enzyme polymorphism is as intense as it is in man.