Analysis of isozyme loci in the face fly, Musca autumnalis DeGeer.
Vertical polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used to resolve enzymes at 50 putative loci in Iowa face flies, a recently arrived, colonizing, Palearctic species. Sixty-two percent of the 50 loci were polymorphic. The mean number of alleles per polymorphic locus was 3.2 +/- 1.38; the mean among all loci was 2.38 +/- 1.62 alleles. The effective number of alleles among 50 loci was 1.4 +/- 0.62. Mean observed and expected heterozygosities for the 50 face fly loci were 0.167 +/- 0.037 and 0.186 +/- 0.031, respectively. Comparison of the electrophoretic data for Musca autumnalis and for M. domestica L. showed similar high levels of gene diversity. A survey of gene diversity at 12 loci among six geographically independent laboratory colonies demonstrated statistically significant genetic differentiation that was probably due to drift after colonization.
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Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, Ames 50011.
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D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005819:Genetic Markers; D014644:Genetic Variation; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D013045:Species Specificity
D005819:Genetic Markers; D007527:Isoenzymes