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ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 20, Issue 8, Pages 985-988Publisher
ZOOLOGICAL SOC JAPAN
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.985
Keywords
echinoderm; allozyme variation; population genetics
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The starfish Asterina pectinifera of the family Asterinidae is endemic Japanese species and commonly found in Japanese waters. In order to examine the degree of genetic variation and the maintenace mechanism of polymorphism within population, we studied the allozyme variation in five northern Japanese local populations of the starfish by electrophoresis. The species showed much higher genetic variability than many other shallow water echinoderms. Based on other allozyme studies and the ecological data, it was suggested that the high genetic variation of the starfish was closely related to the population size. Additionally, the relation between the degree of enzyme variation and the quaternary structure of enzymes was also examined, and the results suggested the close relation between the enzyme variability and functional constraints.
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