Population Genetics of Marine Pelecypods. Iii. Epistasis Between Functionally Related Isoenzymes of Mytilus Edulis
Year: 1973
Type: article
Abstract: The distribution of interlocus genotypic combinations was examined in Mytilus edulis for interdependence between two loci synthesizing functionally related isoenzymes. There is significant dependence between the Leucine Aminopeptidase and Aminopeptidase loci, which we attribute to epistasis, since the magnitude of dependency varies with age. Furthermore, dependency varies in magnitude with position in the intertidal zone from which samples were taken, suggesting that epistasis is a function of the combination of certain non-homologous alleles as well as of the environmental circumstance in which the combinations occur.
Source: Genetics
Authors: Jeffry B Mitton, Richard K Koehn
Institution: Stony Brook University
Language: English
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1933236899