Blood groups and protein polymorphisms in five goat breeds (Capra hircus).
Data on allele frequencies at six red cell blood group systems and three blood protein polymorphic loci in five goat breeds are reported. Two blood proteins, albumin and carbonic anhydrase, were not found to be polymorphic. The B blood group system of goats, like its homologue in cattle and sheep, is highly complex. At least 44 B phenogroups (haplotypes) have been distinguished in this study. Based on the variation in allele frequencies between breeds, genetic distances were calculated. The distances estimated by four different methods were in close agreement with data from the history and geographic origins of the breeds examined.
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D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D001789:Blood Group Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics; D002417:Cattle; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006041:Goats / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D006239:Haplotypes; D006441:Hemoglobin A / Q000235:genetics; D006455:Hemoglobins, Abnormal / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity; D014168:Transferrin / Q000235:genetics
D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D001798:Blood Proteins; D006455:Hemoglobins, Abnormal; D012709:Serum Albumin; D014168:Transferrin; C032001:hemoglobin D; D006441:Hemoglobin A; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases