Immunological Comparison of Transferrins of Some European Cypirinid Fish |
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Authors: | Petr Bobák Antonín Stratil Miloslav Valenta |
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Institution: | Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, 277 21 Liběchov, Czechoslovakia |
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Abstract: | Double immunodiffusion in agar gel with antiserum to carp transferrin was used to prove immunological relatedness between the transferrins of some European cyprinid fish. Quantitative differences between transferrins of nine species of cyprinid fish were studied by micro-complement fixation with the use of entisera to transferrins of four species. Immunological distances were conspicuously great and amounted on average to about 125 immunological distance units (IDU). A high rate of evolution of transferrins wes obtained. namely 4.2 IDU/million years, which represents about 0.84% sequence differences per million years. |
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Keywords: | Cyprinidae cyprinid fish transferrins immunodiffusion micro-complement fixation immunological comparison rate of evolution |
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