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Population studies on the ELA system in American Standardbred and Thoroughbred mares
Author(s) -
Bailey Ernest
Publication year - 1983
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.1365-2052.1983.tb01073.x
Subject(s) - biology , population , horse , veterinary medicine , antigen , immunology , demography , medicine , sociology , paleontology
Summary 336 Standardbred mares and 334 Thoroughbred mares in the vicinity of Lexington, Kentucky, were lymphocyte typed for 11 allelic antigenic specificities of the equine lymphocyte antigen (ELA) system. The Standardbred mares were divided into a population of pacers and a population of trotters. Substantial differences in ELA gene frequencies were found between the 3 groups. When the distribution of antigens within populations were compared to Hardy‐Weinberg equilibrium expectations, relatively good agreement was found.