ESTERASE VARIATION IN TURKISH WHITE-TOOTHED SHREWS (CROCIDURA): RECORD OF A TRIMERIC ESTERASE

TEZ C., ÖZCAN S., Gunduz I., Haskilic S., İBİŞ O., Toprak G.

ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, vol.61, no.4, pp.719-722, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 61 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Doi Number: 10.2298/abs0904719t
  • Journal Name: ARCHIVES OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.719-722
  • Keywords: Crocidura suaveolens, variation, esterase, Turkey, ALLOZYME VARIATION, COMMON SHREW, BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS, SOREX-ARANEUS, MUS-MUSCULUS, ASIA-MINOR, MAMMALIA, SORICIDAE, DIFFERENTIATION, INSECTIVORA
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This study focuses on esterase variation of the genus Crocidura in Turkey. A total of 248 white-toothed shrews were analyzed by means of cellulose acetate gel electrophoresis. Liver tissue and alfa naphthyl acetate were used to investigate esterase variation in Turkish white-toothed shrews. A different esterase banding pattern was found in one Crocidura individual. This phenotype had four anodally migrated bands on cellulose acetate gel. The Crocidura individual displaying the given phenotype was identified as Crocidura suaveolens. The different esterase banding pattern observed in this study is considered to be a result of the trimeric structure of esterase in the lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura suaveolens).