Abstract
Blood protein polymorphisms were examined at thirty-two genetical loci by starch gel electrophoresis on six local populations of native goats, totaled 190 individuals, raised in korea. Genetic polymorphisms were observed at seven loci, that is, transferrin, plasma non-specific esterase, alkaline phosphatase, prealbumin-3, cell esterase D, lactate dehydrogenase A and Peptidase B. The gene frequencies at these loci in the local populations were observed to be similar to each other. The proportion of polymorphic loci (Ppoly) were in a range 9.4-18.8% and the probability of heterozygosity per individual (H) in a range 2.1-3.1%. Nei's genetic distances between every pair of the local populations were in a range 0.0001-0.0056 (average: 0.0017). From this results, it could be considered that the gene constitution in the local populations of the Korean native goats were fairly uniform. The blood protein gene constitutions of the Korean native goats were also observed to be not so much different from those of the Shiba goats, Okinawa meat goats and Japanese Saanen breed.
