title: Genetic polymorphism of adenosine deaminase and mannose phosphate isomerase in blood of arctic foxes, Alopex lagopus.
abstract: Blood samples of 70 foxes, including 10 families, have been investigated by horizontal starch gel electrophoresis for the enzymes adenosine deaminase (ADA) and mannose phosphate isomerase (MPI). The observed variation of the enzymes could be explained as a result of one locus with two codominant alleles and one with three respectively. The segregation in the families of the alleles assumed for the two loci is in accordance with this genetic model. The frequency of the two alleles at the Ada locus is about the same and the slowest anodic migrating allele at the Mpi locus is the most frequent.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Animal Science, Department of Animal Physiology and Biochemistry, Foulum, Denmark.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Simonsen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Larsen
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lohi
mesh_terms: D000243:Adenosine Deaminase / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004592:Electrophoresis, Starch Gel; D005260:Female; D005589:Foxes / Q000235:genetics*; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D005819:Genetic Markers / Q000235:genetics; D014644:Genetic Variation / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D008359:Mannose-6-Phosphate Isomerase / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers; D000243:Adenosine Deaminase; D008359:Mannose-6-Phosphate Isomerase