PhylogeneticalIy tetraploid species of the fish order Isospondyli generally have twice the mean ribosomal gene content as closely related species on the phylogenetically diploid level. Considerable intraspecific variation of rDNA amount was observed. These findings are discussed in view of the hypot
Gene action in fish of tetraploid origin. II. Cellular and biochemical parameters in clupeoid and salmonoid fish
β Scribed by J. Schmidtke; N. B. Atkin; W. Engel
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 344 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-2928
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β¦ Synopsis
By use of cell size, protein and hemoglobin content, and enzyme activities as markers, it becomes apparent that in the course of evolution the gene expression of anciently tetraploid fish of the order Ostariophysi was diploidized, but no such regulatory mechanism has evolved in the phylogenetically tetraploid species of the order Isospondyli. This finding is discussed in terms of possible selective neutrality of tetraploid expression and the phylogenetic age of lsospondyli.
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In phylogenetically diploid and tetrapIoid Cyprinid fish species, erythrocyte volumes, protein contents, and mean activities of the enzymes LDH, 6PGD, and PGI per cell per active gene locus decline with increasing DNA contents. These findings are assumed to reflect an evolutionary tendency of poIypl
The ratio of cellular RNA and protein content is about 1:1 between phylogenetically diploid and tetraploid species of the teleost family Cyprinidae, but is roughly in proportion to ploidy in species of the teleost order Isospondyli. Enzyme activities do not unequivocally comply with this scheme. The