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We have used isotopic labelling and both one-and two-dimensional electrophoretic procedures to analyse the protien synthesis patterns in oocytes and early embryos of three phenotypes of the European green frogs. The results demonstrated that protein patterns of Rana ridibunda and R. esculenta are identical, but that they differ from those of R. lessonae. Progeny of the lethal cross R. esculenta × R. esculenta showed a distinct delay in the appearance of stage-specific proteins during early embryogenesis. The heat-shock response of R. ridibunda and R. esculenta oocytes was found to be identical, but different from that of Xenopus laevis. The implications of these findings, with respect to hybridogenesis in R. esculenta complex and variations in the regulations of heat shock genes in different amphibian species, are discussed.
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Chen, P.S., Stumm-Zollinger, E. Patterns of protein synthesis in oocytes and early embryos of Rana esculenta complex. Roux's Arch Dev Biol 195, 1–9 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00444035
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