ΣΥΜΒΟΛΗ ΣΤΗ ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΟΥ ΑΜΦΙΒΙΟΥ MERTENSIELLA LUSCHANI (STEINDACHNER, 1891) (URODELA, SALAMANDRIDAE). ΠΛΗΘΥΣΜΙΑΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΒΙΟΧΗΜΙΚΑ ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΑ
OBJECT OF THIS STUDY IS THE AMPHIBIAN MERTENSIELLA LUSCHANI (STEINDACHUER, 1891) OF CASTELLORIZO ISLAND AS CONCERNING ITS MORPHOLOGY, ECOLOGY AND THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF ITS PROTEINS AND ESTERASES. COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF M. LUSCHANI OF CARPATHOS AND S. S. SALAMANDRA ARE ALSO CARRIED OUT. SCOPE OF THIS STUDY IS THE ACCUMULATION OF DATA ABOUT THE ABOVE MENTIONED AMPHIBIAN SO THAT ONE CAN GET WELL ACQUAINTED WITH IT AS WELL AS THE ELUCIDATION OF ITS TAXONOMICAL POSITION. NO DIFFERENTIATION OF THE SNOUT-VENT LENGTH WAS FOUND BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE. THE FEMALE HAS A LONGER TAIL THAN THE MALE. THE TAIL IS ALWAYS SHORTER THAN THE BODY. POPULATION DENSITY IS 0,25 ANIMAL/M2. THE ELECTROPHORETIC PATTERN OF SERUM PROTEINS IS COMMON FOR ALL THE SPECIMEN OF M. LUSCHANI AND VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF 10 BANDS IN THE LIVER EXTRACTS AS WELL IN THE STOMACH AND INTESTINE EXTRACTS.THE ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITIES OF M. LUSCHANI OF CASTELLORIZO AND CARPATHOS WERE IDENTICAL DIFFERING FROM THOSE OF S. SALAMANDRA. IN THE OTHER TISSUES WERE OBSERVED ONLY TWO ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY AREAS. ALL ESTERASES WERE CHARACTERIZED AS CARBOXYLESTERASES. TWO SIZE GROUPS OF ESTERASES WERE OBSERVED IN THE LIVER EXTRACTS OF THE THREE ANIMALS. THE MEAN VALUES OF THEIR APPARENT MOLECULAR WEIGHTS WERE 70.000 AND 230.000 RESPECTIVELY.
Αμφίβια, Βιομετρία, Εστεράσες, ΟΥΡΟΔΕΛΗ, Πληθυσμοί, ΠΟΛΛΑΠΛΕΣ ΜΟΡΙΑΚΕΣ ΜΟΡΦΕΣ, Πρωτεΐνες, ΣΑΛΑΜΑΝΔΡΙΔΕΣ, AMPHIBIA, Biometry, Esterases, MULTIPLE MOLECULAR FORMS, Populations, Proteins, SALAMANDRIDAE, URODELA, Φυσικές Επιστήμες, Βιολογία, Natural Sciences, Biological Sciences
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