Carbonic Anhydrase (Ca) and X-Protein(X-p) Types in Turkish Sheep Breeds

Abstract

Camoglu, G. and Elmaci, C. 2005. Carbonic anhydrase (Ca) and X-protein (X-p) types in Turkish sheep breeds. J. Appl. Anim. Res., 28: 125–128.

Carbonic anhydrase and X-protein types were analyzed by the method of starch gel electrophoresis in a total of 197 blood samples collected from both sexes of three Turkish sheep breeds. Carbonic anhydrase and X-protein loci were polymorphic in all breeds. The gene frequencies ranged from 0.881 to 0.974 and from 0.805 to 0.884 for CaS and x, respectively. Further, a very good agreement was found between the observed and expected carbonic anhydrase phenotypes.

Keywords:

• Carbonic anhydrase
• X-protein
• genetic polymorphism
• sheep