Article
Esterase variation at three loci in meat ants.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Halliday R B
Abstract excerpt
The meat ant (Iridomyrmex purpureus) occurs in a number of color forms, with uncertain taxonomic status. Gel electrophresis of meat ant extracts, followed by nonspecific esterase staining, reveals several zones of activity. Allelic variation at three loci is proposed to account for variation in some of these zones. Two of the loci (Es-1, Es-2) appear to have recessive null alleles, whose frequencies have been...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Ants
- Australia
- Esterases
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Species Specificity