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A genetically controlled lactate dehydrogenase variant at the B locus in mink

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Erythrocytes of 119 mink, and tissue extracts of three mink, were examined for electrophoretic patterns of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). A variant was detected at the B locus. There are two alleles, LDH-B a and LDH-B b; three phenotypes, LDH-Ba, LDH-Bab, and LDH-Bb; and three genotypes, LDH-B a/LDH-Ba, LDH-Ba/LDH-Bb, and LDH-B b/LDH-Bb. The inheritance as observed in 24 families agrees with an autosomal, codominant, two-allele system at the LDH B locus.

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  1. Department of Biochemical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    Ruth Saison

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Supported by National Research Council Grant A-4442 and the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food.

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Saison, R. A genetically controlled lactate dehydrogenase variant at the B locus in mink. Biochem Genet 5, 27–31 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00485727

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