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Expansion of the canine A blood group system
Author(s) -
SYMONS M.,
BELL K.
Publication year - 1991
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.1365-2052.1991.tb00672.x
Subject(s) - biology , allele , dominance (genetics) , genetics , allele frequency , population , gene , evolutionary biology , demography , sociology
Summary. A detailed study of the canine A blood group system was undertaken, resulting in the expansion of this system into a three‐factor, four‐allelic one with the recognition of an additional subtype, a 3 . The serological and extensive family data supported the proposed genetic theory of four alleles with dominance with the order being A al , A a2 , A a3 and A ‐ . Gene frequencies of the alleles were determined in various breeds of dogs with frequencies in the general Brisbane population being 0–244 (A al ), 0–042 (A a2 ), 0–045 (A a3 ) and 0–669 (A ‐ ).