Analysis of enzymes in theBulinus tropicus/truncatuscomplex (Mollusca: Planorbidae)
- 30 September 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Natural History
- Vol. 15 (5), 873-885
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938100770631
Abstract
Five enzymes in the crude digestive gland extracts of individual snails of the B. tropicus B. truncatus complex were analyzed by isoelectric focusing in polyacrylamide gels. The enzymes studied were as follows: malate dehydrogenase, phosphoglucomutase, glucosephosphate isomerase; acid phosphatase and hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase. Snails from 103 population samples (52 diploid, 51 tetraploid) from diverse geographical origins were studied. Diploid and tetraploid snails were clearly differentiated and regional distributions of certain enzyme types are reported. The taxonomic implications of the findings are discussed.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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