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Evolution of the ABO blood group gene in Japanese macaque
1Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan.
Genes & Genetic Systems
|September 14, 2000
Abstract:
We determined 5 sequences of Japanese macaque ABO blood group gene exon 7 (ca. 0.5 kb) and 2 sequences for exon 5 and intron 6 (ca. 1.7 kb). We compared those data with published sequences of other Old World monkey species, and the results suggest that alleles A and B were polymorphic in the ancestral species of macaques, and that B type allele evolved independently in macaque and baboon lineages.