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Glycerol Permeability In Two Species Of Peromyscus, Greg Evan Raecker
Glycerol Permeability In Two Species Of Peromyscus, Greg Evan Raecker
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
In 1938, Jacobs, et al. discussed differences in the permeability of the erythrocytes of rat and mouse to erythritol, mannitol, glycerol, and thiourea. Rat erythrocytes were more permeable to glycerol than to thiourea, whereas the reverse was true for mouse erythrocytes. Mouse erythrocytes also displayed a high degree of permeability to erythritol. However, this same substance penetrated rat cells much more slowly.
Small but recognizable permeability differences were soo demonstrated among a number of species within a single genus. Levine (1943) investigated species differences in rates of osmotic hemolysis within the genus Peromyscus. The four species studied were: P. eremicus …