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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Biochemical genetic differentiation between Pomatoschistus marmoratus and P. tortonesei (Pisces, Gobiidae).

M. ArculeoA. MauroS. Lo Brutto Mirto SM. CammarataA. MazzolaN. Parrinello

subject

genetic distanceallozymes; species differentiation; genetic distance; Pomatoschistus; Mediterranean Sea.species differentiationSettore BIO/05 - ZoologiaMediterranean Sea.allozymePomatoschistu

description

Several diagnostic genetic markers were identified in Pomatoschistus marmoratus and P. tortonesei using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) of allozymes. Twenty-one loci were resolved, including the electrophoretic pattern of muscle proteins. The MDH*, PGM- 1,2*, EST-1,2*, FUM* and PGI-2* loci exhibited different alleles which were fixed for the two species being analysed. Genetic distance, as calculated by Nei’s index, showed a value of 0·413. Environmental hypersalinity, could have influenced the geographical distribution of P. tortonesei.

http://hdl.handle.net/10447/61497