Myoglobin polymorphism in the pollan (Osteichthyes: Coregoninae)
- 24 April 2009
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Animal Blood Groups and Biochemical Genetics
- Vol. 6 (1) , 25-29
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2052.1975.tb01346.x
Abstract
Three electrophoretically separable phenotypes of heart and lateral line muscle myoglobin were found in the Irish pollan (Coregonus pollan). This polymorphism appears to be under the control of two co-dominant alleles. The allele frequencies were found to be virtually identical in samples from two lakes which have probably been isolated since the close of the last Ice Age. A significant excess of heterozygotes was found in samples from both lakes. This myoglobin polymorphism appears to be balanced, maintained due to heterozygote superiority.Keywords
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