Gc subtypes identified by isoelectric focusing in baboons (Papio hamadryas)

Phenotyping for Gc variants by conventional electrophoresis in 835 Papio hamadryas baboons demonstrated a monomorphic population. Gc subtyping by polyacrylamide IEF gels, pH 4-6, on 394 of these baboons revealed the existence of two common alleles which we named Gc1Papio and Gc2Papio. Pedigree data confirmed the inheritance of a single locus, two allele system and the observed gene frequencies were 0.593 for Gc1Papio and 0.407 for Gc2Papio.