title: Genetic variation of amylases in deer mice.
abstract: The inheritance of salivary amylase variants in the deer mouse, Peromyscus maniculatus, is controlled by codominant alleles, Amy-1a, Amy-1b, and Amy-1c, at a single autosomal locus. Pancreatic amylases were invariant and unaffected by salivary amylase genotypes. Salivary amylase zymograms of five myomorphic rodents are compared and evolutionary implications are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000681:Amylases / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005260:Female; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005849:Gerbillinae; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010542:Peromyscus / Q000235:genetics*; D010641:Phenotype; D051381:Rats; D012463:Saliva / Q000201:enzymology*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D000681:Amylases