Genetic diversity and divergence in Chinese yak (Bos grunniens) populations inferred from blood protein electrophoresis.
In 6 Chinese yak (Bos. grunniens) populations including 177 yaks, 34 blood protein loci were studied by horizontal starch gel electrophoresis, four of these loci (AKP, ALB, LDH-1, TF) were found to be polymorphic. The percentage of polymorphic loci(P) is 0.118, the mean individual heterozygosity(H) is 0.015, which means a low level of genetic diversity in the whole Chinese yak population. The coefficient of gene differentiation (Gst) is 0.0625, which indicated an almost-indistinguishable divergence among different populations at the level of blood protein electrophoresis.
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Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China.
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D000818:Animals; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002417:Cattle / Q000235:genetics*; D004586:Electrophoresis / Q000379:methods; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006579:Heterozygote; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012418:Ruminants / Q000235:genetics*
D001798:Blood Proteins