Equine lymphocyte antigens in four major Belgian horse populations. Contribution to serology and antigen distribution |
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| Authors: | H. Varewyck,Y. Bouquet,S. Lazary,G. Gué rin,A. Van de,Weghe A. Van Zeveren |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, State University of Gent, Heidestraat 19, 9220 Merelbeke, Belgium.;Large Animal Clinic, University of Bern, Bremgartenstrasse 109a, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.;Laboratory for Biochemical Genetics, INRA-CNRZ, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France. |
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| Abstract: | 158 Belgian Saddlebreds, 130 Belgian Trotters, 108 Belgian Draft horses and 92 Shetland ponies have been typed for serologically defined antigens at the ELA and ELY systems. Gene frequencies were estimated in each breed for the internationally established ELA, ELY-1 and ELY-2 alleles as well as for locally assigned additional ELA markers and for subtypes of ELA-W3, W9 and W11. The distribution of ELA alleles was in agreement with the expected Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for the 4 horse breeds described here. Differences in gene frequencies between these main Belgian horse populations were observed. |
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| Keywords: | horse lymphocyte histocompatibility ELA ELY |
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