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Comparative study of lactate dehydrogenase in fifteen genera of new world monkeys

Maria Paula Cruz Schneider^I; Maria Iracilda da Cunha Sampaio^I; Horácio Schneider^I; Filomeno Encarnación^II; Enrique Montoya^II; Alcides Pissinatti^III; Adelmar Coimbra-Filho^III; Francisco Mauro Salzano^IV

^IDepartamento de Genética, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, 66075-900 Belém, PA, Brasil
^IIProyeto Peruano de Primatologia "Manuel Moro Sonuno", IVITA, P.O. Box 575, Iquitos, Peru
^IIICentro de Primatologia do Rio de Janeiro, FEEMA, Rua Fonseca Telles, 121/15^o andar, 20940-200 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
^IVDepartamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Caixa Postal 15053, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. Send correspondence to F.M.S.

ABSTRACT

Electrophoretic variation of LDH was investigated in 3,200 specimens belonging to 28 species and 15 genera of New World monkeys. A small sample of (Old World) Cercopithecus aethiops was also tested for comparison. Variation was observed in seven species, five alleles being detected for both LDHA and LDHB loci. The frequency of the variant alleles was low in almost all species, the exceptions being Callithrix kuhli and Callithrix jacchus penicillata, in which the LDHA*5 allele showed frequencies of 47% and 60%, respectively. In the monomorphic patterns the B4 and A4 bands were the same in all fifteen genera, but differences were observed in the B3A1, B2A2 and B 1A3 hybrid bands. Furthermore, only the B4 band was shared by humans, Old World and New World monkeys. An important marker was found in the genus Cebus, which clearly distinguishes the "tufted" and "untufted" groups.

Keywords: lactate dehydrogenase; monkeys.

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