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Intraspecific Genetic and Morphological Variation in Earthworm Eisenia foetida (Sav.)

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Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used to study the allelic frequency distribution of four polymorphic loci (Pox, Lap, Pgm, and Odh) in 22 samples of Eisenia foetida (Sav.) from distant parts of the range: European Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. A hierarchical population structure was demonstrated for this species: local populations were integrated into spatial groups. Statistical analysis of morphological variation did not support assignment of any taxa rank to the spatial groups recognized on the basis of biochemical and genetic characters.

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  1. Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Vorob’evy gory, Moscow, 119899, Russia

    N. M. Bolotetskii & O. P. Kodolova

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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, No. 4, 2005, pp. 442–447.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Bolotetskii, Kodolova.

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Bolotetskii, N.M., Kodolova, O.P. Intraspecific Genetic and Morphological Variation in Earthworm Eisenia foetida (Sav.). Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 32, 366–370 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10525-005-0113-3

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