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Six β-globulin types have been found in British breeds of cattle by starch-gel electrophoresis1. Mating data showed that the six types represent the individual homozygotes and heterozygotes of three β-globulin alleles, βA, βD and βE. Five of these six types were seen independently by Hickman and Smithies2, who postulated a similar genetic mechanism.
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Ashton, G. C., Nature, 182, 370 (1958).
Hickman, C. G., and Smithies, O., Proc. Gen. Soc. Canada, 2, 39 (1957).
Robinson, T. J., in “Progress in the Physiology of Farm Animals”, edit. by Hammond, J., 3, 793 (Butterworths, London, 1956).
Production Division Report No.3, 23 (Milk Marketing Board, Thames Ditton, Surrey, 1952).
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ASHTON, G. β-Globulin Polymorphism and Early Fœtal Mortality in Cattle. Nature 183, 404–405 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/183404a0
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