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We used single-family crosses to confirm the Mendelian interpretation of allozyme variation and to examine linkage relationships at five polymorphic loci in freshwater and anadromous threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) from the Little Campbell River, British Columbia. The electrophoretic pattern of a sixth locus, mitochondrial NADP-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH), was found to be sexually dimorphic but otherwise invariant in sticklebacks. This raised the possibility of a sex-linked Idh locus. No differences in IDH quantity or substrate affinities (apparent K m values) were detected between male and female sticklebacks. The electrophoretic pattern of IDH expression was not changed in sticklebacks in which sexual development was altered by hormonal treatment.
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R.E.W. was supported through NSERC scholarships and a U. B. C. Killam fellowship. The research was supported through NSERC Operating Grant A3451.
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Withler, R.E., McPhail, J.D. & Devlin, R.H. Electrophoretic polymorphism and sexual dimorphism in the freshwater and anadromous threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) of the Little Campbell River, British Columbia. Biochem Genet 24, 701–713 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00499003
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