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FERGUSON1, in a discussion in a paper entitled “Heritable Antigens in Erythrocytes of Cattle”, raised the possibility that certain of these cellular antigens may be used as ‘markers’ in a study of the inheritance of complex physiological characters such as milk production. Filmer (personal communication) suggested that the most logical antigen production factors to test would be antigen A and butterfat test, because of the direct correlation between high frequency of antigen A and of high butterfat test in Jersey, and low frequency of antigen A and low butterfat test in Friesian cattle. Owen et al.2 reported that 87.6 per cent of a group of Guernsey and 46.1 per cent of a group of Holstein Friesian cattle carried antigen A. Stormont (personal communication) mentioned that the frequency of antigen A in Jersey cattle is similar to that of Guernsey cattle. Results from New Zealand showed a frequency of antigen A in Jerseys and Friesians of an order similar to, but lower than, Owen's Guernsey and Friesian frequencies.
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Ferguson, L. C., J. Immunol., 40, 213 (1941).
Owen, R. D., Stormont, C. J., and Irwin, M. R., J. Anim. Sci., 3, 315 (1944).
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McCLURE, T. Correlation Study of Bovine Erythrocyte Antigen A and Butterfat Test. Nature 170, 327 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170327b0
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