Blood group and protein polymorphism in the Finnish native cattle populations
Nine blood group loci and five polymorphic protein loci were investigated in the native East-, North- and West-Finnish cattle populations. The studied East-, North and West-Finnish cattle populations comprised 74, 55 and 121 individuals, respectively. According to the average degree of heterozygosit...
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Scientific Agricultural Society of Finland
1994-03-01
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| description | Nine blood group loci and five polymorphic protein loci were investigated in the native East-, North- and West-Finnish cattle populations. The studied East-, North and West-Finnish cattle populations comprised 74, 55 and 121 individuals, respectively. According to the average degree of heterozygosity, East-Finnish cattle had the highest genetic variation and North-Finnish cattle the lowest. Within the loci investigated, the East- and North-Finnish cattle populations, which are threatened by extinction, did not lack genetic diversity. The genetic distances between West and North-Finnish cattle calculated by the Nei’s (1972) standard method ranged from 0.019 to 0.052 in three partly different locus groups and between East- and North-Finnish cattle from 0.034 to 0.046. The distances between East- and West- Finnish cattle were 0.030 in all cases. According to these results. East-, West- and North-Finnish cattle could be regarded as three different native breeds. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5df0b29cf7db4af9a2eeb68ff9dc50082022-12-21T20:05:57ZengScientific Agricultural Society of FinlandAgricultural and Food Science1459-60671795-18951994-03-0132Blood group and protein polymorphism in the Finnish native cattle populationsJuha Kantanen0Matti Ojala1Department of Animal Science, P.O. Box 28, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Animal Science, P.O. Box 28, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, FinlandNine blood group loci and five polymorphic protein loci were investigated in the native East-, North- and West-Finnish cattle populations. The studied East-, North and West-Finnish cattle populations comprised 74, 55 and 121 individuals, respectively. According to the average degree of heterozygosity, East-Finnish cattle had the highest genetic variation and North-Finnish cattle the lowest. Within the loci investigated, the East- and North-Finnish cattle populations, which are threatened by extinction, did not lack genetic diversity. The genetic distances between West and North-Finnish cattle calculated by the Nei’s (1972) standard method ranged from 0.019 to 0.052 in three partly different locus groups and between East- and North-Finnish cattle from 0.034 to 0.046. The distances between East- and West- Finnish cattle were 0.030 in all cases. According to these results. East-, West- and North-Finnish cattle could be regarded as three different native breeds.https://journal.fi/afs/article/view/72528 |
| spellingShingle | Juha Kantanen Matti Ojala Blood group and protein polymorphism in the Finnish native cattle populations Agricultural and Food Science |
| title | Blood group and protein polymorphism in the Finnish native cattle populations |
| title_full | Blood group and protein polymorphism in the Finnish native cattle populations |
| title_fullStr | Blood group and protein polymorphism in the Finnish native cattle populations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Blood group and protein polymorphism in the Finnish native cattle populations |
| title_short | Blood group and protein polymorphism in the Finnish native cattle populations |
| title_sort | blood group and protein polymorphism in the finnish native cattle populations |
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