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Genetic variants of phosvitin in egg yolk of the Japanese quail, Coturnix coturnix japonica
Author(s) -
TANABE H.,
OGAWA N.,
HAYASHI K.,
ITO S.,
TANABE Y.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
animal genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1365-2052
pISSN - 0268-9146
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2052.1989.tb00869.x
Subject(s) - quail , coturnix coturnix , biology , yolk , phosvitin , locus (genetics) , japonica , coturnix , genetics , allele , coturnix japonica , population , gene , botany , endocrinology , food science , protein kinase a , phosphorylation , demography , sociology
Summary. Phosvitin polymorphism in egg yolk of the Japanese quail was found by horizontal polyacrylamide gradient gel electrophoresis. Six phenotypes of yolk phosvitin designated A, B, C, AB, AC, and BC were observed in a population of 281 birds. Analysis of family data revealed that the phenotypic variation of quail yolk phosvitins was controlled by an autosomal Pv locus with three codominant alleles, Pv a , Pv b and Pv c . The gene frequencies of Pv a , Pv b and Pv c were 0.064, 0.824 and 0.112, respectively.