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THE GENETICS OF HEXOKINASE IN A MOSQUITO, CULEX PIPIENS
Min-Lee Cheng 1 and Carl S. Hacker 1
1 Population Studies Module, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77025
The genetics of hexokinase (HK) variants in a mosquito, Culex pipiens L., was studied using starch gel electrophoresis. Three isozymic forms of HK, all migrating anodally, were present in all three body regions, but in differing proportions. No obvious difference in specificity for three hexose sugars was detected among the three isozymic bands. However, qualitative differences in staining intensity indicate the following order of substrate affinity: glucose > fructose > mannose. The inheritance of the HK variants is controlled by a pair of co-dominant alleles at a single genetic locus.
Submitted on August 11, 1978Revised on April 2, 1979
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