Enzyme activities and allozyme polymorphism in two genetic types (or sibling species) of the genus Marenzelleria (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in Europe |
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Authors: | K Jürss M Röhner R Bastrop |
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Institution: | Universit?t Rostock, Fachbereich Biologie, Institute of Biodiversity Research, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 8, D-18051 Rostock, Germany, DE
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Abstract: | Two populations of Marenzelleria spp. from the North Sea and the Baltic Sea that had already been characterized by allozyme electrophoresis and found genetically
different in 1994 were again examined in 1997. The genetic identity (I = 1.0) examined in 1994 and 1997 shows that the structures of the populations of genetic Type I in the North Sea (Ringkobing
Fjord) and genetic Type II in the Baltic Sea (Darss–Zingst Bodden chain) are stable. Three diagnostic gene loci that were
determined additionally (citrate synthase, one locus; alanine aminotransferase, two loci) support the hypothesis of the existence
of two sibling species of the genus Marenzelleria in Europe. In addition, the activities of ten electrophoretically separated enzyme systems were measured in the worms immediately
after removal from their habitat and after they had been kept in the laboratory for 2 months. Under both conditions four enzymes
showed significant differences between genetic types. The higher activity of the alanine aminotransferase of the North Sea
worms (Type I) is discussed in the context of the different preferred salinities of the two Marenzelleria sibling species.
Received: 21 January 1999 / Accepted: 13 July 1999 |
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