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Interpopulation study of three Artemia strains from South India based on cyst membrane proteins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 August 2006

V. Sugumar
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, Tamilnadu, India.
N. Munuswamy
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, Tamilnadu, India.

Abstract

Isolated embryonic membranes (i.e. the outer cuticular membrane, the fibrous layer, the inner cuticular membrane and the hatching membrane) of a bisexual and two parthenogenetic strains from South India were examined using sodium dodecyl-sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Interpopulation comparison of the protein patterns revealed variations in the major polypeptides between the three populations. Repeated analyses of the embryonic membrane protein pattern of the same population resulted in the same banding pattern suggesting that the method is reproducible. These differences might be used as markers for identification of different Artemia strains.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2006 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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