Open AccessA comparative electrophoretic study on Danish species of Aricia (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)
Author(s) -
JELNES JENS ERIK
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
hereditas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1601-5223
pISSN - 0018-0661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1975.tb01463.x
Subject(s) - biology , sibling species , lepidoptera genitalia , butterfly , interspecific competition , zoology , botany , ecology
Starch gel electrophoresis in three buffers was used to assay 21 enzyme systems in the two butterfly species Aricia agestis and A. artaxerxes . 16 enzymes showed activity when stained for, but no absolute interspecific difference was found in the patterns. Methods for a statistical, interpopulational comparison of multiple allelic systems have been discussed. On basis of allozyme variation in three enzymes it has been shown that the two species are very close sibling species.