
%0 Journal Article
%A Slip, D.J. 
%A Green, K. 
%A Burton, H.R. 
%A Mitchell, P.J. 
%A Adams, M. 
%T Allozyme variation in the Leopard Seal, Hydrurga leptonyx.
%J Australian Mammalogy
%D 1994/01/01
%V 17
%N 1
%P 1-1
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AM94001
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AM94001 
%X Blood samples collected from Leopard Seals, Hydrurga leptonyx, from Heard Island and Macquarie Island were surveyed electrophoretically for allozyme variation in blood proteins. Thirty four proteins encoded by a minimum of 39 genetic loci were surveyed; six of these were found to be polymorphic, but only one could be considered polymorphic at the 95% level of significance. The mean observed heterozygosity was 0.01 I &#xb1; 0.007, which is the lowest yet recorded for a species of Antarctic seal. Hydrurga leptonyx exhibited fixed allelic differences with the Southern Elephant Seal, Mirounga leonina, at 26% of loci screened. 
