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. 1965 Mar 1;6(1):109–111. doi: 10.1186/BF03547070

A New Hemoglobin in Cattle

Ein neuer Haemoglobintyp beim Rind

En ny type storfe hemoglobin

Georgi Efremov 1,, Mikael Brænd 2
PMCID: PMC8741127  PMID: 5848186

Abstract

A new type of cattle hemoglobin is found in animals of the African Muturu breed. It is called D, has a slower rate of migration than Hb A on starch gels and can be explained by the occurrence of a fourth allele HbD.

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Supported in part by a grant from The Agricultural Research Council of Norway

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