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Serum transferrins in Merino sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

G. C. Ashton  and
K. A. Ferguson
G. C. Ashton
Affiliation:
Cattle Research Laboratory, C.S.I.R.O., Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
K. A. Ferguson
Affiliation:
Ian Clunies Ross Animal Research Laboratory, C.S.I.R.O., Prospect, New South Wales, Australia
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Serum samples from 1963 Merino sheep were examined for serum transferrin type. Two of the five transferrin alleles previously described in British breeds of sheep, viz. T fA and T fc, were found, but T fB, T fD and T fE were absent. Evidence for seven further transferrin alleles was obtained. These alleles were coded T fF, T fG, T fH, T fJ, T fN, T fK and T fL in decreasing order of mobility of the zones they produce in starch gel.

Gene frequency data is presented for the populations studied.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , July 1963 , pp. 240 - 247
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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