Electrophoretic variation in large mammals II. The red fox, Vulpes vulpes, the stoat, Mustela erminea, the weasel, Mustela nivalis, the pole cat, Mustela putorius, the pine marten, Martes martes, the beech marten, Martes foina, and the badger, Meles meles

摘要

Twenty-one enzyme loci have been resolved by starch gel electrophoresis in liver and muscle tissue of samples of 282 red foxes, 39 stoats, 13 weasels, 24 pole cats, 2 pine martens, 121 beech martens, and 5 badgers. No variation in the mobility of electrophoretic bands within the seven species of carnivores was observed. The genetic variability is, thus, low as in several large mammals.