Genetic Variability and Taxonomical Considerations about Six Species of European Cardueline Finches (Aves, Passeriformes) |
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Authors: | Mario Lo Valvo Maria Concetta Rizzo Maria Pia Scarabello Nicolò Parrinello |
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Institution: | Mario Lo Valvo, Maria Concetta Rizzo, Maria Pia Scarabello,Nicolò Parrinello |
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Abstract: | Electrophoretic patterns of seven enzyme systems and two nonenzymatic proteins, albumin and haemoglobin, representing 13 loci, have been investigated in six species of cardueline finches with Palearctic distribution. A new locus, SOD-3, has been characterized in this subfamily. The two nonenzymatic proteins turned out to be the best genetic markers. From the analysis of the genetic distances it emerges that the mean values between species are higher than those reported for other groups of birds. However, the same results were obtained for other species of the same subfamily native to North America. In both cases this result is probably due to a classification that disagrees with the real cardueline phylogeny. In the present study, the attribution of the Greenfinch to the genus Carduelis raises the mean value of distance between species. |
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Keywords: | Allozymes cardueline finches electrophoresis genetic distance Carduelis Coccothraustes Serinus |
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