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Blood groups of pig‐tailed macaques ( Macaca nemestrina )
Author(s) -
Socha W. W.,
MoorJankowski J.,
Sackett G. P.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330480308
Subject(s) - macaca nemestrina , macaque , baboon , biology , rhesus macaque , primate , simian , virology , antiserum , antigen , immunology , virus , endocrinology , neuroscience
The human‐type A‐B‐O blood groups of 57 pig‐tailed macaques ( Macaca nemestrina ) were determined and the calculated gene frequencies, O = 0.8908, A = 0.0825 and B = 0.0267, gave excellent fit with the hypothesis of inheritance by triple allelic genes. In tests for simian‐type blood groups with rhesus, baboon and crab‐eating macaque immune antisera, it was shown that the red cells of pig‐tailed macaques are polymorphic for several simian‐type specificities defined by those cross‐reacting sera. Pig‐tailed macaques share with other macaque species the complex D rh ‐graded blood group system, which seems to occupy a special role among red cell antigens of macaques. Normal sera of three female macaques contained spontaneous isoagglutinins which selectively agglutinated the red cells of some pig‐tailed as well as stump‐tailed macaques.