title: Blood groups of bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata), with a brief introduction to seroprimatology.
abstract: The human-type A-B-O blood groups of 52 bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata) were determined. Application of method of population genetics indicated the gene frequences to be 0 = 0.173, a = 0.480 and B = 0.347. Cross testing of sera and red cells of the bonnet macaques revealed two blood-type-specific isoagglutinins, one of them strong enough for use as a blood typing reagent. No blood group polymorphism was revealed by testing bonnet macaque red cells with isoantisera produced in rhesus monkeys (M. mulatta) and in crab-eating macaques (M. fascicularis). The rhesus and crab-eating macaque isoantisera reacted either with all or with none of the bonnet macaque red cells tested.
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000373:Agglutinins / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D005823:Genetics; D000882:Haplorhini; D007518:Isoantibodies / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008251:Macaca / Q000097:blood*; D008252:Macaca fascicularis / Q000097:blood*; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000097:blood*; D008255:Macaca radiata / Q000097:blood*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000373:Agglutinins; D007518:Isoantibodies