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Genetic variation in a population of the wild quail Coturnix coturnix japonica
Author(s) -
Kimura Masao,
Kato Hideki,
Ito Shinichi,
Isogai Iwahiro
Publication year - 1982
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.1365-2052.1982.tb01053.x
Subject(s) - quail , coturnix coturnix , biology , loss of heterozygosity , population , coturnix , japonica , genetic variation , genetics , zoology , allele , gene , ecology , botany , demography , sociology
Summary To investigate genetic variation and to compare it with those of domestic quail populations, enzymatic and non‐enzymatic proteins in a wild quail population were examined electrophoretically. The wild quail population had a genetic variability considerably lower than those of domestic populations. The average heterozygosity estimated for 22 loci was 0.090 in the wild quail population.