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COMPARATIVE ELECTROPHORETIC ANALYSIS OF TWO BINLJCLEATE DINOFLAGELLATES 1
Author(s) -
Whitten D. Jean,
Hoyhome Barbara A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of phycology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.85
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1529-8817
pISSN - 0022-3646
DOI - 10.1111/j.1529-8817.1986.tb00034.x
Subject(s) - biology , ultrastructure , isozyme , evolutionary biology , zoology , genetics , botany , biochemistry , enzyme
Although two clonal isolates of two different binucleate dinoflagellates Peridinium balticum (Levander) Letnmermann and Glcnodinium foliaceum Stein share a number of unique biochemical and ultrastructural attributes, comparative analysis for sixteen isozyme systems shows that these isolates are quite distinct from each other. Of the 129 different isozyme bands observed, only 28 were common to both organisms. These results support the contention based on plate tabulations that these two isolates should be placed in different genera and suggest that despite certain general biochemical and ultrastructural similarities that the isolates differ significantly at the biochemical and genetic levels and perhaps exhibit different adaptations between host and endosymbiont.