The Major Histocompatibility Complex in Bovines: A Review

Table 1

Different BoLA-DRB3.2 alleles and the alleles with gene frequency higher than 0.05 found at the DRB3.2 locus in different cattle breeds.

Breed	𝑛^a	𝑛^aa	%^a	Alleles with gene frequency higher than 0.05	𝑁
Holstein^b,c,d	27	7	88.7	DRB3.2*03, *08, *11, *16, *22, *23 and *24	835
	22	6	71	DRB3.2*08, *11, *23, *22 and *16	127
	29	6	70.3	DRB3.2*22, *24, *08, *16, *23 and *11	1100
Jersey^b,e	13	7	82.4	DRB3.2*07, *10, *17, *21, *20, *28 and *32	66
	24	6	74	DRB3.2*08, *10, *15, *21, *36 and *ibe	172
Saavedreno^f	22	7	70	DRB3.2*16, *36, *08, *11, *27, *37 and *07	125
Argentine^g	21	6	72.8	DRB3.2*05, *15, *18, *20, *24 and *27	194
Japanese Shorthorn^h	21	6	70	DRB3.2*08, *09, *21, *27, *07 and *24	176
Russian Ayrshire^i	18	5	77	DRB3.2*07, *28, *08, *10 and *24	127
Iranian Holstein^j	26	4	67	DRB3.2*08, *24, *11, *16	250
Iranian Golpayegani^k	19	9	74	DRB3.2*52, *45, *28, *19, *16, *11 and *10	50
Norwegian Red^l	27	7	78.1	DRB3.2*03, *07, *08, *11, *24, *26, *27	523
Kankrej^m	24	6	71	DRB3.2*15, *06, *20, *37, *46, *34	50
Sahiwal^n	20	6	67	DRB3.2*02, *15, *08, *09, *37
Rathi^n	13	5	68	DRB3.2*10, *15, *08, *09 and *37	51
Hariana^n	16	5	59	DRB3.2*02, *06, *08, *20 and *36	35
Tharparkar^o	15	5	62	DRB3.2*01, *37, *taa, *i^1cc and *10	33
Iranian Holstein^p	28	6	69.65	DRB3.2*08, *11, *16, *22, *23 and *24	262
Chinese Yellow^q	23	7	53.9	DRB3.2*2002, *2003, *3101, *3103, *4302, *5702, *6001	80
Iranian Sistani^r	32	6	60	DRB3.2*08, *10, *11, *20, *34 and *X	65
Japanese Holstein^s	16	4	56.8	DRB*0101, *1501, *1201 and *1101	194
Japanese Holstein^t	17	6		DRB*0101, *1001, *1101, *1201, *1501 and *2703	143
Japanese Black^t	22	7		DRB3*0201, *0503, *1001, *1101, *1201, *1501 and *1601	507

𝑛^a-Total number of alleles in the breed studied, 𝑛^aanumber of alleles with frequency higher than 0.05𝑁-Total number of animals studied, ^bSharif et al. [108], ^cDietz et al. [109], ^dDietz et al. [110], ^eGilliespie et al. [111], ^fRipoli et al. [112], ^gGiovambattista et al. [113], ^hTakeshima et al. [114], ⁱUdina et al. [115], ^jNassiry et al. [116], ^kMosafer and Nassiry [117], ^lKulberg et al. [118], ^mBehl et al. [119], ⁿBehl et al. [120], ^oBehl et al. [121], ^pPashmi et al. [122], ^qWang et al. [123], ^rMohammadi et al. [124], ^sYoshida et al. [125], ^tMiyasaka et al. [126].