title: Genetic polymorphism of sorbitol dehydrogenase in the brown hare and the distribution of the variation in central Europe.
abstract: A genetic polymorphism of sorbitol dehydrogenase (SDH; EC 1.1.1.14) for two allozymes is demonstrated in the brown hare (Lepus europaeus) by means of horizontal starch gel electrophoresis. Segregation analysis was performed in a sample of four matings with 12 offspring and confirmed the genetic hypothesis: two alleles at an autosomal locus. The calculated gene frequencies in the brown hare breed studied are Sdha = 0.712 and Sdhb = 0.288. The distribution of the polymorphism in free-ranging brown hare populations from Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland is described.
authors.affiliation: Forschungsinstitut für Wildtierkunde der Veterinärmedizinischen Universität Wien, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Hartl
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D001317:Austria; D004592:Electrophoresis, Starch Gel; D005061:Europe, Eastern; D005787:Gene Frequency; D014644:Genetic Variation; D007064:L-Iditol 2-Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011817:Rabbits / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007064:L-Iditol 2-Dehydrogenase