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Electrophoretic studies of a natural population of Chiropotes satanas satanas (Cebidae, Platyrrhini) from the amazonian region

Maria Iracilda da Cunha Sampaio; Maria Paula Cruz Schneider

Departamento de Genética, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, 66000 Belém, PA, Brasil. Send correspondence to M.I.C.S.

ABSTRACT

The electrophoretic patterns of acid phosphatase, esterase D, malate dehydrogenase and carbonic anhydrase 2 were analyzed in 89 monkeys of the sub-species Chiropotes satanas satanas (Cebidae, Platyrrhini) from the Brazilian Amazonian region. Acid phosphatase and esterase D showed polymorphic variation and the distribution of genotypes was as expected on the basis of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for both systems. Malate dehydrogenase and carbonic anhydrase 2 were shown to be monomorphic in this species.

Keywords: Chiropotes satanas satanas; amazonian region.

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