Article
Incidence of dogs possessing red blood cells with high K in Japan and East Asia.
The Journal of veterinary medical science - 1 Jun 1997
Fujise H, Higa K, Nakayama T, Wada K, Ochiai H, Tanabe Y
Abstract excerpt
The phenotype of high K (HK) red blood cells, which is an autosomal recessive, was found in dog groups from 10 of 13 breeds or populations in Japan. The incidence of HK was 26 to 38% in the San'in-Shiba, Shinshu-Shiba and Akita breeds, and the gene frequencies of HK ranged from 0.513 to 0.612. Th...
Topics
- Animals
- Dogs
- Erythrocytes
- Asia, Eastern
- Gene Frequency
- Incidence
- Japan
- Phenotype
- Potassium