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Biochemical genetics of Fundulus heteroclitus (L.). III. Inheritance of isocitrate dehydrogenase (Idh-A and Idh-B), 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6-Pgdh-A), and serum esterase (Est-S) polymorphisms

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Starch gel electrophoresis has shown that natural populations of Fundulus heteroclitus have variants at four enzyme-coding loci: Idh-A, Idh-B, 6-Pgdh-A, and Est-S. Analysis of the phenotypic distribution of the F1 generation suggests that each of the variants segregates as autosomally inherited codominant alleles. Tissue specificity and intracellular localization were also determined for the IDH and 6PGDH isozymes.

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    Rebecca J. Van Beneden, Robert E. Cashon & Dennis A. Powers

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This work was supported by Grants DEB 76-19877 and DEB 79-12216 from the National Science Foundation and by Grant P60-80-04 from the State of Maryland. RVB and REC were supported by NIH Training Grant GM07231 to the Department of Biology.

Contribution No. 1103 from the Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University.

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Van Beneden, R.J., Cashon, R.E. & Powers, D.A. Biochemical genetics of Fundulus heteroclitus (L.). III. Inheritance of isocitrate dehydrogenase (Idh-A and Idh-B), 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6-Pgdh-A), and serum esterase (Est-S) polymorphisms. Biochem Genet 19, 701–714 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00484003

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