Patterns of evolution and migration in the arctic ground squirrel, Spermophilus parryii (Richardson)
Serum transferrins and 11 other genetically controlled proteins representing 17 loci were examined by starch-gel electrophoresis from Siberian, Alaskan, and Canadian populations of Spermophilus parryii. Six transferrin alleles were identified. Arctic populations (S. p. parryii, S. p. osgoodi) were c...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z77-097 2024-04-28T08:05:35+00:00 Patterns of evolution and migration in the arctic ground squirrel, Spermophilus parryii (Richardson) Nadler, Charles F. Hoffmann, Robert S. 1977 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z77-097 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z77-097 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 55, issue 4, page 748-758 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 1977 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z77-097 2024-04-09T06:56:27Z Serum transferrins and 11 other genetically controlled proteins representing 17 loci were examined by starch-gel electrophoresis from Siberian, Alaskan, and Canadian populations of Spermophilus parryii. Six transferrin alleles were identified. Arctic populations (S. p. parryii, S. p. osgoodi) were characterized by Tf 6 occurring alone or together with Tf 7 whereas middle and subarctic populations exhibited Tf 7 occurring either alone (S. p. ablusus, S. p. lyratus, S. p. plesius) or together with Tf 5 (S. p. plesius). Tf 8, Tf 9, and Tf 19 constituted local variants. Tf 6 displayed a clinal distribution, increasing in frequency eastward and paralleling a clinal increase in body size. Three PGM 2 alleles were observed, the frequencies of which tend to differentiate arctic S. p. parryii from subarctic S. p. ablusus. G6PD-b occurred uniformly in North America and in one Siberian population; a second population (two specimens) exhibited G6PD-a, thereby suggesting that G6PD polymorphism may be present in Siberian S. parryii. The other nine proteins were monomorphic in all Holarctic populations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic ground squirrel Arctic Subarctic Canadian Science Publishing Canadian Journal of Zoology 55 4 748 758 |
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Serum transferrins and 11 other genetically controlled proteins representing 17 loci were examined by starch-gel electrophoresis from Siberian, Alaskan, and Canadian populations of Spermophilus parryii. Six transferrin alleles were identified. Arctic populations (S. p. parryii, S. p. osgoodi) were characterized by Tf 6 occurring alone or together with Tf 7 whereas middle and subarctic populations exhibited Tf 7 occurring either alone (S. p. ablusus, S. p. lyratus, S. p. plesius) or together with Tf 5 (S. p. plesius). Tf 8, Tf 9, and Tf 19 constituted local variants. Tf 6 displayed a clinal distribution, increasing in frequency eastward and paralleling a clinal increase in body size. Three PGM 2 alleles were observed, the frequencies of which tend to differentiate arctic S. p. parryii from subarctic S. p. ablusus. G6PD-b occurred uniformly in North America and in one Siberian population; a second population (two specimens) exhibited G6PD-a, thereby suggesting that G6PD polymorphism may be present in Siberian S. parryii. The other nine proteins were monomorphic in all Holarctic populations. |
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Patterns of evolution and migration in the arctic ground squirrel, Spermophilus parryii (Richardson) |
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Patterns of evolution and migration in the arctic ground squirrel, Spermophilus parryii (Richardson) |
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Patterns of evolution and migration in the arctic ground squirrel, Spermophilus parryii (Richardson) |
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Patterns of evolution and migration in the arctic ground squirrel, Spermophilus parryii (Richardson) |
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Patterns of evolution and migration in the arctic ground squirrel, Spermophilus parryii (Richardson) |
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patterns of evolution and migration in the arctic ground squirrel, spermophilus parryii (richardson) |
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