Generic identification of fragmentary Quaternary molluscs by amino acid chromatography: A tool for Quaternary and palaeontological research
作者:
J. T. Andrews,
G. H. Miller,
D. C. Davies,
K. H. Davies,
期刊:
Geological Journal
(WILEY Available online 1985)
卷期:
Volume 20,
issue 1
页码: 1-20
ISSN:0072-1050
年代: 1985
DOI:10.1002/gj.3350200102
出版商: John Wiley&Sons Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractThe amino acid signature of fourteen genera of Mollusca, both Bivalvia and Gastropoda, was determined on over 300 individual valves. Examination of eight specific sets of amino acid ratios (for example: aspartic acid/glutamic acid, leucine/valine) indicates that these 14 genera (Patella, Littorina, Nucella, Buccinum, Turritella, Macoma, Scrobicularia, Mytilus, Cerastoderma, Arctica, Gtycymeris, Venus, Mya, andHiatelld) can be distinguished one from another with a high degree of certainty.Discrimination between genera can be based on quantitative assessment of the probability of an individual analysis belonging to a specific genus. We conclude that the amino acid signature is sufficiently distinct that small shell fragments can be assigned to a genus on the basis of the amino acid chromatography. In some instances, for exampleLittorina, it may even be possible to identify fragments to specific species.
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