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The Y System of Skipjack Tuna Blood Groups
Author(s) -
Fujino Kazuo,
Kazama Thomas K.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
vox sanguinis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.68
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1423-0410
pISSN - 0042-9007
DOI - 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1968.tb01728.x
Subject(s) - skipjack tuna , tuna , population , biology , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , zoology , demography , sociology
Summary. A blood group, called the Y system and independent of the B blood group system and of sex and size of fish, was discovered in the skipjack tuna ( Kalsuwonus pelamis ). Seven reagents determine 15 phenotypes, which can be compiled into three major groups. The system was applied to population study of the samples taken from Hawaiian waters during the spring of 1965. Gene frequencies for some samples appeared to be different from those of other samples, but statistical analysis failed to demonstrate a significant heterogeneity. An extensive collection of population data was suggested to delineate exactly the population structure in Hawaiian waters.