ISSN:
0032-8332
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Individual variations ofα 1-antitrypsin of the macaques were investigated by means of starch gel electrophoresis. The material comprised a total of 1,084 plasma samples taken from six species, namely,Macaca irus, mulatta, cyclopis, nemestrina, speciosa, andfuscata, including several geographical groups. At least ten phenotypes which were assumed in analogy to human Pi-system to be under genetic control of five codominant alleles tentatively denoted byPi Mac A, B, C, D, E were identified. It was considered that these alleles are commonly possessed by different macaque species. A marked difference in the distribution of allele frequencies was found both within and between species groups. Several aspects of this new polymorphic variation in the macaques were discussed with special reference to the geographical distribution of the alleles and the origins of the Japanese macaque,M. fuscata.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01793888
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