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Genetic variants of hemoglobin in canine erythrocytes*
Author(s) -
Tanabe Yuichi,
Omi Tokiyoshi,
Ôta Katuaki
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
animal blood groups and biochemical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2052
pISSN - 0003-3480
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1978.tb01417.x
Subject(s) - biology , allele , hemoglobin , locus (genetics) , genotype , genetics , polymorphism (computer science) , allele frequency , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , biochemistry
Summary Genetic polymorphism of hemoglobin was found in the erythrocytes of dogs of seven Japanese native breeds by using starch gel electrophoresis. Analysis of parentage records of the dogs revealed that the phenotypic variation of hemoglobin is controlled by one autosomal locus with two codominant alleles, Hb A and Hb B . The allele Hb A occurred only in Japanese native breeds except Shikoku. The frequency of Hb A in the Japanese breeds was low and 0.08. All the dogs belonging to 25 European breeds and 5 oriental origin (except Japan) breeds examined in this experiments had the homozygous genotype constitution Hb B /Hb B .