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Genetic variation in the eel: I. The detection of haemoglobin and esterase polymorphisms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

E. M. Pantelouris  and
R. H. Payne
E. M. Pantelouris
Affiliation:
Biology Department, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, C. 1
R. H. Payne
Affiliation:
Biology Department, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, C. 1
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Electrophoretic studies on starch gel demonstrated the existence in the European eel of four haemoglobins, not two as believed from agar gel studies. The two minor fractions have been shown to be neither polymers nor methaemoglobin derivatives of the two principal fractions.

The esterase zymograms of eel sera exhibit up to eight fractions. The individual differences observed suggest genetic polymorphism and the same applies to the esterase pattern of various tissues.

This approach is of value for the collection of phenotypic frequency data with a view to solving the Atlantic eel problem.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , June 1968 , pp. 319 - 326
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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