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J. Anim Sci. 1971. 32:132-136.
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Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase and Hemoglobin Types in Cattle

S. N. Naik1 and D. E. Anderson2, 3,

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston, Houston, Texas

Abstract

Erythrocyte G-6-PD in 207 cattle was studied for its activity and starch gel electrophoretic variants. Hemoglobin variants were also studied by paper electrophoresis. The electrophoretic pattern of erythrocytic G-6-PD was identical in all cattle, regardless of whether G-6-PD activity was normal or deficient. Two embryos of 4 and 5 months' gestation, both with normal activity, also had electrophoretic patterns similar to the two-band pattern of adults. The Hb-A and Hb-B alleles were present in all comparison groups, with Hb-A being most frequent. The fetuses manifested only fetal hemoglobin.

The genetic, epidemiological, and clinical implications of G-6-PD deficiency and hemoglobin variants are discussed with reference to other animal species and man.

Footnotes

1 The work in this report was undertaken during the tenure of a Research Training Fellowship awarded by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

2 Department of Biology, Section of Medical Genetics. This research was supported in part by research grant CA-08381 from the National Cancer Institute.

3 We thank Dr. J. H. Jardine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston, and also Mr. Dwight Stephens, Ft. Reno Research Station, El Reno, Oklahoma, for their kind cooperation in providing blood samples.






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