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OMIA 001237-9940 : Blood group system X in Ovis aries

Mendelian trait/disorder: yes

Considered a defect: no

Key variant known: no

Cross-species summary: Each blood group system consists of a set of blood types, each of which corresponds to a particular antigen (usually a glycoprotein) on the surface of red blood cells. The different types within a system are the result of the action of different alleles at a locus that usually encodes an enzyme that catalyses the creation of the feature of the glycoprotein unique to that type, e.g. the presence of a particular sugar at the end of a short chain of sugars.

Species-specific symbol: X

Species-specific description: This locus has at least 2 alleles.

References


Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.
1983 Bell, K., Agar, N.S., Board, P.G. :
The blood groups of domestic mammals :133-164, 1983.
1958 Rasmusen, B.A. :
Blood groups in sheep. I. The X-Z system Genetics 43:814-821, 1958.

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  • Created by Frank Nicholas on 06 Sep 2005
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