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Albumin polymorphism in British cattle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

R. L. Spooner  and
R. A. Oliver
R. L. Spooner
Affiliation:
Cattle Blood Typing Service, A.R.C. Animal Breeding Research Organisation, West Mains Road, Edinburgh 9
R. A. Oliver
Affiliation:
Cattle Blood Typing Service, A.R.C. Animal Breeding Research Organisation, West Mains Road, Edinburgh 9
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Summary

A survey of albumin polymorphism in the major breeds of cattle in the British Isles is described. Four and probably five alleles have been found. AlbA is the common type in all breeds. AlbB occurs with less than 1 % frequency in all breeds except Sussex and Charolais, where it has a frequency of 12% and 16% respectively. The possible implications of this finding are discussed. The other alleles AlbC(Ed) and AlbD are extremely rare, and are confined to a few animals each within one breed. AlbG has been tentatively proposed as the name for a new albumin type.

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Animal Production , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , February 1969 , pp. 59 - 63
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1969

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