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A Population Study by Proteins from the Nucleus of Bluefin Tuna Eye Lens
Author(s) -
Smith Albert C.,
Clemens Harold B.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1973)102<578:apsbpf>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - tuna , population , fishery , biology , fishing , thunnus , lens (geology) , electropherogram , eye lens , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , genetics , electrophoresis , medicine , paleontology , environmental health
Soluble proteins from the eye lens nucleus of bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, were studied by electrophoresis. Polymorphism in proteins that migrated toward cathodal and anodal portions of the electropherograms is attributed to simple and complex genetic bases, respectively. Results suggest that bluefin in the California fishery belong to a single population which exhibits local genetic differentiation on the fishing grounds.