Open AccessThree new plasma protein polymorphisms in domestic foxes, detected by a simple method of 2D horizontal electrophoresis
Author(s) -
JUNEJA R. K.,
NIINI T.,
LARSSON H. E. B.,
GAHNE B.
Publication year - 1989
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.1601-5223.1989.tb00436.x
Subject(s) - biology , allele , silver stain , agarose gel electrophoresis , genotyping , agarose , polymorphism (computer science) , arctic , gel electrophoresis , polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis , genetics , hybrid , microbiology and biotechnology , genotype , ecology , gene , botany , biochemistry , enzyme
Plasma samples of 270 foxes from 45 complete families (14 of arctic foxes, 28 of silver foxes and 3 with arctic X silver fox hybrid offspring) were analysed by a method of two‐dimensional agarose gel (pH 5.4) ‐ horizontal polyacrylamide gel (pH 9.0) electrophoresis followed by general‐protein staining of gels. Genetic polymorphism of three plasma proteins, tentatively designated prealbumin (Pr), postalbumin 1 (Pal), and pretrans‐ferin 1 (Prtl), was observed. In silver foxes, Pal and Prtl showed a high degree of polymorphism, each with 3 common alleles, while Pr showed a scarce polymorphism. The arctic foxes were monomorphic for Pr and Prtl and showed a scarce Pal polymorphism. The Prtl phenotype of arctic foxes showed identical mobility with one of the Prtl variants of silver foxes.