TY - JOUR T1 - Biochemical Differentiation between Bombina bombina bombina (Linneaus, 1761) and B. b. arifiyensis (Ozeti and Yilmaz, 1987) as Revealed by the Skeletal Muscle Protein Bands AU - Bulbul, Ufuk AU - Eroglu, Sara Altinkaynak AU - Eroglu, Ali Ihsan AU - Kaya, Zeynep Mutanoglu JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 11 IS - 7 SP - 1007 EP - 1011 PY - 2012 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2012.1007.1011 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.1007.1011 KW - Skeletal muscle KW -Bombina bombina KW -Thrace KW -Western Anatolia KW -protein band KW -Turkey AB - In this study, skeletal muscle protein bands of the Bombina bombina specimens from five populations inhabiting in Turkish Thrace and Northwestern Anatolia were compared by SDS-PAGE (Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate-Poly Acrylamide Gel Electrophoresis). Totally 54 adult (26 females and 28 males) B. bombina specimens were used in SDS-PAGE characterization. B. b. bombina specimens in the Thrace group (Degirmenyeni, Buyukdoluk and Durusu populations) had 26 homologous protein bands whereas B. b. arifiyensis specimens in the Northwestern Anatolia group (Arifiye and Karasu) had 28 bands. It was shown that specimens of B. b. arifiyensis had two additional and unique bands. The results of the present study show that Thrace and Northwestern Anatolia specimens of the B. bombina populations in Turkey are different according to total number of skeletal muscle protein bands. ER -