A Survey Of Isozyme Polymorphism In Laboratory Population Of S.Dux (Diptera, Sarcophagidae)

Authors

  • KIRAN SINGH Department of Biological Sciences, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences – Deemed University, Allahabad–211007, India
  • SASYA THAKUR Department of Biological Sciences, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences – Deemed University, Allahabad–211007, India

Keywords:

isozyme polymorphism, glucose metabolizing enzymes, non-glucose metabolizing enzymes, functional constraint, neutral mutation, Sarcophaga dux

Abstract

A survey of isozyme polymorphism among glucose and non-glucose metabolizing enzymes was carried out in the laboratory population of Sarcophaga dux. Polymorphic levels were found to be within the range recorded for other dipterans. Polymorphism among glucose-metabolizing enzymes were found to be on an average less variable (Ho=0.186; He=0.163) than the non-glucose metabolizing enzymes (Ho=0.275; He=0.485). Out of five loci, three loci (LDH-1, ACPH-1 and APH-1) were found to be polymorphic and these displayed significant deficiency of heterozygotes. These results supported the earlier findings that the substrate-specific enzymes with functional constraints have lower heterozygosity than the non-specific enzymes. They also added to the evidence obtained from other animals like Drosophila, echinoderms and some fish species.

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Published

30.06.2012

How to Cite

KIRAN SINGH, & SASYA THAKUR. (2012). A Survey Of Isozyme Polymorphism In Laboratory Population Of S.Dux (Diptera, Sarcophagidae). International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 3(2), 638–644. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/1429

Issue

Volume 3, Issue 2, 2012

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Research Articles

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