GENETICAL STUDIES ON THE ACID-PHOSPHATASE IN THE BLOOD OF THE SILKWORM, BOMBYX MORI L.

Abstract

This paper describes some genetical results on the acid-phosphatase type of larval blood in the silkworm. Five fundamental types of acid-phosphatase have been found in the various strains investigated. The acid-phosphatase isozymes are under the control of codominant allelic genes, Bph^O, Bph^A, Bph^B, Bph^C and Bph^D, and they show different migration rates in agar-gel electrophoresis.