Nature 196, 498 - 499 (03 November 1962); doi:10.1038/196498a0

Demonstration of Antigenic Difference between the American Bison (Bison bison) and Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus)

DON H. SHAW^* & J. R. PATEL^†

Division of Genetics, College of Agriculture, University of Wisconsin.
^*Present address: Immunogenetics Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Medical School, University of Wisconsin, Madison 6, Wisconsin.
^†Present address: Institute of Agriculture, Anand, Bombay State, India.

THERE are reports^1–4 demonstrating that antiserum produced against the erythrocytes of one species which react with the cells of a closely related species may be made specifically reactive with the homologous cells by absorption with cells of the related species. Hence, one might expect that this method should differentiate the cells of all, or nearly all, related species.

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