[Soluble blood proteins and hemoglobin from red-backed and large- toothed voles]

Electrophoretic pattern of serum proteins of northern red-backed and large-toothed voles was examined. Seven main protein zones were distinguished. In four of them variability was observed, possibly genetically determined. Polymorphism of transferrins was thoroughly studied. 6 alleles and only 7 phenotypes of this protein were found in the northern red-backed vole, while 3 alleles and 4 phenotypes were revealed in the large-toothed red-backed vole, two alleles being common. Distribution of phenotype frequencies observed in both species differs significantly from the expected value. The portion of heterozygous phenotypes is quite high in both species, being 0.304 and 0.400 in the northern red-backed and large-toothed red-backed voles, respectively. Hemoglobins of the species studied were identical in electrophoretic mobility and monomorphic.