Genetic polymorphism of plasma α 1 B‐glycoprotein and transferrin in arctic and silver foxes
Summary. Plasma samples of 235 foxes from 38 complete families (14 of arctic foxes, 21 of silver foxes and 3 with arctic X silver fox hybrid offspring) were analysed by one‐dimensional horizontal polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) pH 9.0 followed by general‐protein staining of gels. A major p...
| Published in: | Animal Genetics |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1988
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2052.1988.tb00812.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2052.1988.tb00812.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2052.1988.tb00812.x |
| Summary: | Summary. Plasma samples of 235 foxes from 38 complete families (14 of arctic foxes, 21 of silver foxes and 3 with arctic X silver fox hybrid offspring) were analysed by one‐dimensional horizontal polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) pH 9.0 followed by general‐protein staining of gels. A major postalbumin of fox plasma was identified as α 1 B‐glycoprotein (α 1 B) by using immunoblotting with antiser m specific to human or pig plasma α 1 B. Four codominant, autosomal alleles of α 1 B were found in arctic foxes. Two transferrin (TF) alleles (Tf F , Tf S ) were observed in arctic foxes and two (Tf D , Tf F )in silver foxes; the TF F type of both of the fox species showed identical electrophoretic mobilities. The arctic foxes showed a high degree of polymorphism for both TF and α 1 B. The silver foxes showed a scarce polymorphism of TF and were monomorphic for α 1 B. The arctic fox, silver fox and their hybrids could be clearly differentiated from one another by their plasma protein patterns obtained by the PAGE method. |
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