Blood groups and polymorphic proteins in cattle and swine.docVIP

y oupinBloodg Bent LARSEN Department of Physiology, Endocrinology and The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 13 , The group and polymorphic protein systems in cattle and pigs disco- vered and elucidated through immuno- and biochemical genetic studies mentioned and the are use of these systems in parentage control and as marker loci for improvement in animal breeding is discussed. The results from studies of genetic linkage among 10 blood schemes group systems and 7 loci control- ling protein polymorphism in cattle are presented and a close linkage of the bovine :-, 13-,