Electrophoretic techniques were utilized for the demonstration of variation in 22 proteins from 24 natural populations of four species ( G. bursarius, G. pinetis, G. arenarius and G. personatus ) of the Geomys complex of pocket gophers. Of the 24 structural loci , 19 were considered to be polymorphic. Five of the six esterases contributed greatested to the polymorphism while non-esterase proteins generally showed low values. In the GeoMys complex of pocket gophers in this study,selection appeared to be the most important influence on genetic structure with some evidence of random drift in two of the four species. Populations of G. arenarius and G. personatus had the highest average interspecific genetic similarities to G. bursarius and . pinetis was the most divergent. Biochemical evidence supports the phylogeny of Geomys based on morphological and fossil data.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500355 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Penney, Dan F. |
| Contributors | Zimmerman, Earl G., Stewart, Kenneth W., Harris, Ben G., Redden, David R. |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | vi, 95 leaves : ill., leaves, Text |
| Rights | Public, Penney, Dan F., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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