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A note on differential mortality rates in young rabbits of esterase phenotypes A, AB, and B

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

A. A. Grunder
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry and Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of California, Davis, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S.A.
W. C. Rollins
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry and Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of California, Davis, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S.A.
C. Stormont
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry and Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of California, Davis, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S.A.
R. B. Casady
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry and Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of California, Davis, and U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S.A.
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Electrophoretic variants of certain red cell esterases of rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) have been shown to be under the control of two co-dominant autosomal alleles (Grunder, Sartore and Stormont, 1965). Each allele controls two zones of esterase; those controlled by EsA migrated ahead of those controlled by EsB. The heterozygote manifests not only the zones of both homozygotes but also a ‘hybrid’ zone which appears between the A and B zones.

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Research Article
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1968

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Grunder, A. A., Sartore, G. and Stormont, C. 1965. Genetic variation in red cell esterases of rabbits. Genetics 52: 13451353.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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