Ufuk  Bulbul, Sara Altinkaynak  Eroglu, Ali Ihsan  Eroglu, Zeynep Mutanoglu  Kaya, 
    Biochemical Differentiation between <I>Bombina bombina bombina</I> (Linneaus, 1761) and <I>B. b. arifiyensis</I> (Ozeti and Yilmaz, 1987) as Revealed by the Skeletal Muscle Protein Bands,
    Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances,
    Volume 11,Issue 7,
    2012,
    Pages 1007-1011,
    ISSN 1680-5593,
    javaa.2012.1007.1011,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.1007.1011)
    Abstract: In this study, skeletal muscle protein bands of the <I>Bombina bombina </I>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) <I>B. bombina</I> specimens were used in SDS-PAGE characterization. <I>B. b. bombina</I> specimens in the Thrace group (Degirmenyeni, Buyukdoluk and Durusu populations) had 26 homologous protein bands whereas <I>B. b. arifiyensis</I> specimens in the Northwestern Anatolia group (Arifiye and Karasu) had 28 bands. It was shown that specimens of <I>B. b. arifiyensis</I> had two additional and unique bands. The results of the present study show that Thrace and Northwestern Anatolia specimens of the <I>B. bombina </I>populations in Turkey are different according to total number of skeletal muscle protein bands.
    Keywords: Skeletal muscle;Bombina bombina;Thrace;Western Anatolia;protein band;Turkey