Open AccessMOLECULAR EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY OF CRUDE VENOM AS AN AUXILIARY TOOL TO IDENTIFY HYBRID HONEYBEE POPULATIONS
Author(s) -
Mariana Palma,
Márcia Regina Brochetto-Braga,
José Chaud-Netto,
Osmar Malaspina,
Maureen Oliveira
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
the journal of venomous animals and toxins/the journal of venomous animals and toxins
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1678-4936
pISSN - 0104-7930
DOI - 10.1590/s0104-79301995000100004
Subject(s) - venom , biology , sephadex , size exclusion chromatography , mating , zoology , chromatography , chemistry , ecology , biochemistry , enzyme
A comparison among the profiles of molecular exclusion chromatography in Sephadex G 100 column of venoms from Apis mellifera adansonii and Africanized honeybees revealed unique peaks which might be used to identify these populations. The venoms from hybrid populations resulting from the reciprocal mating of Apis mellifera adansonii and Africanized honeybees presented unique peaks, probably resulting from a synergistic effect between the parental genomes. The occurrence of characteristic peaks in venoms of hybrid populations might be used to identify these populations as well as to distinguish them from their parents