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Molecular Characterization on the Early
Developmental Stages of the Egyptian
Toad Bufo regularis Reuss

Research Authors
Alaa El-Din H. Sayed , Afaf I. Elballouz , Ekbal T. Wassif
Research Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate changes in the protein contents using SDS-PAGE, also using the random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD-PCR) assay to identify changes in DNA concentra- tion in the embryos of Egyptian toad Bufo regularis. Our experiment started when tadpoles began to feed. The adapted embryos were divided into 3 large tanks of 200 embryos each, collections of samples started from feeding age every three days. Cluster method was used to indicate the dis- tinct distance between the band patterns of different stages. An increase occurred in the concen- tration of protein fractions in these tadpoles upon metamorphosis and that when metamorphosis was completed. DNA concentration exhibited an evident low values at the premetamorphic stage 44 (105.85 ± 0.519 ng/µl) compared with the other more advanced developmental stages 55 and 56 (204.056 ± 0.651 ng/µl and 234.55 ± 2.325 ng/µl respectively). In conclusion, acquire informa- tion about the changes in the molecular content of Bufo regularis during metamorphosis has been estimated.

Research Department
Research Journal
Open Journal of Genetics
Research Member
Research Publisher
Scientific Research Publishing Inc.
Research Rank
1
Research Vol
4
Research Website
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Research Year
2014
Research Pages
343-354