Extensive genetic polymorphism of peptidases A, B, C, and D, in wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) populations from the Iberian Peninsula

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 1999

Authors

branco, m (Author) Other; Machado JC (Author) Other; ferrand, n (Author) FCUP

Journal

Title: Biochemical Genetics

Vol. 37

Pages: 237-249

ISSN: 0006-2928

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Authenticus ID: P-001-3PB

DOI: 10.1023/a:1018794823869

Abstract (EN): Genetic polymorphism of peptidases A, B, C, and D in the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) was assessed by horizontal starch gel electrophoresis, in a total of 1003 individuals comprising 16 Iberian and 2 French populations and I domestic stock. Twenty-five different alleles were detected: 6 in PEPA, 4 in PEPB, 8 in PEPC, and 7 in PEPD. The highest values of observed heterozygosity averaged over the four loci were obtained for the southwestern Iberian populations and a clinal loss of variability in a northeastern direction was detected. A clear separation between the two putative subspecies O. c. cuniculus and O. c. algirus was not obtained.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 13