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Protein polymorphism in two populations of the wild quail Coturnix coturnix japonica
Author(s) -
Kimura Masao,
Oniwa Kiyoko,
Ito Shinichi,
Isogai Iwahiro
Publication year - 1984
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.1365-2052.1984.tb01092.x
Subject(s) - coturnix coturnix , quail , biology , japonica , coturnix , genetics , zoology , botany , ecology
Summary To evaluate genetic variability in two populations of the wild quail Cofurnix coturnix japonica , proteins and enzymes were examined by starch gel electrophoresis. Rare variants so far not observed in domestic quail were found in the following five enzymes; aspartate aminotransferase, acid phosphatase, pancreatic esterase, isocitrate dehydrogenase and lactate dehydrogenase. The proportion of polymorphic loci ( P poly ) and the expected average heterozygosity ( H ) in one of the two populations were estimated to be 0.484 (15/31) and 0.085, respectively. Those in another population were 0.433 (13/30) and 0.086, respectively. The genetic distance (Nei, 1975) between the two wild quail populations was D = 0.0074. D values of 0.0321 and 0.0189 were estimated between the laboratory quail population previously examined (Kimura et al., 1982) and each of these two wild populations.