Isozyme variation in natural populations

Isozyme Polymorphism in Natural Populations of a Liverwort, PLAGIOCHILA ASPLENIOIDES.

Assays of five Polish populations of Plagiochila asplenioides (Hepaticae, Plagiochilaceae) for peroxidase isozymes revealed three bands differing in electrophoretic mobility. The phenotypes observed appear to be governed by three loci; each locus has two alleles, one of which produces a band and the other no band, i.e., the second allele is silent, or null. Marked variability in enzyme phenotyp...

Genetic variation in natural populations

Genic Variation in Natural Populations

By characterizing the struggle to measure variation as a struggle between two opposing views, the classical and balance theories of population genetics, I have in part obscured the underlying problem of making a functional whole out of theory and observation. Suppose that the experiments of Wallace and of Mukai had proved beyond any reasonable doubt that new mutations were, on the average, hete...

The Natural Variation in Six Populations of Calendula officinalis L.: A Karyotype Study

In the current investigation, karyotype analysis and chromosome characteristics of six populations of Calendula officinalis L.(pot marigold) from Iran are studied. Results showed that all populations were diploid (2n= 2x= 32), and had symmetrical karyotypes composing mainly of metacentric and submetacentric chromosomes. The mean chromosome length ranged from 1.05 in Karaj to 1.50 μm in...

Genetic Diversity of Natural Populations of Medicago truncatula in Morocco Using Isozyme Polymorphism

Nine natural populations of Moroccan Medicago truncatula were analysed using enzymatic markers to identify useful phytogenetic resources for their integration in programmes of safeguard and conservation. Starch gel electrophoresis was used to examine genetic variation within and among natural populations. According to our estimates of genetic variation analysed by five loci detected for three e...