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Inheritance of Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase Variation in Kangaroos

Nature New Biology volume 230, pages 154–155 (1971)Cite this article

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THE production of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (EC 11149, G6PD) in human1, horse and donkey2 and brown and blue hare3 cells is governed by genes carried by the X chromosome. Two electrophoretic forms of G6PD have been found in wallaroos and euros (Macropus robustus Gould) and one in red kangaroos (Macropus rufus (Desm.)); members of the marsupial family Macropodidae (kangaroos). This analysis used electrophoresis of red blood cell haemolysates on cellulose acetate4. No polymorphic populations were found5 but electrophoretic phenotypes of euros (Macropus robustus erubescens Sclater) were characterized by a single slow moving band (G6PD-S) while those of wallaroos (Macropus r. robustus Gould) had a single fast moving band (G6PD-F). Red kangaroo populations were uniformly G6PD-S.

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  1. B. J. RICHARDSON

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  1. School of Zoology and School of Human Genetics, University of New South Wales, Kensington

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  2. School of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde

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RICHARDSON, B., CZUPPON, A. & SHARMAN, G. Inheritance of Glucose-6-phosphate Dehydrogenase Variation in Kangaroos. Nature New Biology 230, 154–155 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio230154a0

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