Biochemical identification of Moxostoma rhothoecum and M. hamiltoni
Authors:
Donald G. Buth
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology, Ethology and Evolution, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
Abstract:
The acid phosphatase, glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, and glucosephosphate isomerase enzyme systems of Moxostoma rhothoecum and M. hamiltoni have been analyzed by means of starch gel electrophoresis. The Roanoke River population has been biochemically identified as M. rhothoecum. Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and glucosephosphate isomerase polymorphisms are described in M. rhothoecum.