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Genetic bases for protein polymorphism in Fundulus heteroclitus (L.). I. Lactate dehydrogenase (Ldh-B), malate dehydrogenase (Mdh-A), glucosephosphate isomerase (Gpi-B), and phosphoglucomutase (Pgm-A)

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Electrophoretic analysis has shown populations of F. heteroclitus to possess variants at four enzyme-coding loci: Ldh-B, Mdh-A, Gpi-B, and Pgm-A. Based on the phenotypic distribution in the F1 generation, each variant segregates as an autosomally inherited codominant allele. A pairwise comparison of the expected phenotypic classes among these loci showed no evidence of strong linkage; however, weak linkage could not be ruled out. Despite the considerable genetic divergence of populations from the geographical extremes of this species, offspring resulting from crosses between individuals from these localities show viabilities similar to those found for crosses of local populations.

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  1. Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, 21218, Baltimore, Maryland

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This work was supported by NSF Grants GB 37548 and DEB 76-19877 and by grant from the National Geographic Society. A. R. P. is an NIH trainee supported by a training grant (No. HD00139) to the Deartment of Biology.

This is contribution No. 959 of the Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University.

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Place, A.R., Powers, D.A. Genetic bases for protein polymorphism in Fundulus heteroclitus (L.). I. Lactate dehydrogenase (Ldh-B), malate dehydrogenase (Mdh-A), glucosephosphate isomerase (Gpi-B), and phosphoglucomutase (Pgm-A). Biochem Genet 16, 577–591 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00484221

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