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Genetic polymorphism of adenosine deaminase and mannose phosphate isomerase in blood of arctic foxes, Alopex lagopus
Author(s) -
SIMONSEN V.,
LARSEN B.,
LOHI O.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
animal genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2052
pISSN - 0268-9146
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1991.tb00649.x
Subject(s) - biology , adenosine deaminase , lagopus , genetics , enzyme , biochemistry , arctic , ecology
Summary. Blood samples of 70 foxes, including 10 families, have been investigated by horizontal starch gel electrophoresis for the enzymes adenosine deaminase (ADA) and mannose phosphate isomerase (MPI). The observed variation of the enzymes could be explained as a result of one locus with two codominant alleles and one with three respectively. The segregation in the families of the alleles assumed for the two loci is in accordance with this genetic model. The frequency of the two alleles at the Ada locus is about the same and the slowest anodic migrating allele at the Mpi locus is the most frequent.