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CHROMOSOMES AND HAEMOGLOBIN OF TAN SHEEP AND THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL DIFFERENTIATION

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  • Commission for Integrated Survey of Natural Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Online published: 1987-06-25

Abstract

The regional differentiation of chromosomes and haemoglobin of Tan Sheep, a special fur breed in dry semi-desert in the Northwest of China, were studied with the ecogeographical points of view and methods, and the interesting results had been discovered. The fur charac-terestics, the chromosomal aberrations, the types of haemoglobin (Hb), and the other economic performances of the populations distributed in the desert, desert-steppe and dry steppe regions had been examined. The same items were also examined in the population of Mongolian Sheep, the ancestor of Tan Sheep, but is distributed in Inner-Mongolia Plateau. The regularity of geographical differentiation is concerned with the same differentiation of natural environments. Five parts of this paper are: 1) the main characteristics of the populations of Tan Sheep; 2) the ecological environments of those populations; 3) the regional differentiations of chromosomes; 4) the regional differentiations of haemoglobin (Hb); and 5) conclusions.

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Shen Changjiang, Guo Aipu, Wang Shiquan . CHROMOSOMES AND HAEMOGLOBIN OF TAN SHEEP AND THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL DIFFERENTIATION[J]. JOURNAL OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 1987 , 2(2) : 106 -115 . DOI: 10.11849/zrzyxb.1987.02.002

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