An electrophoretical analysis of blood plasma proteins of eight
Anser and two
Branta species was performed. Ten polymorphic proteins in blood plasma pattern were distinguished and described: four prealbumin proteins, albumin, three postalbumin proteins, transferrin, and a single posttransferrin protein. Genus-specific and species-specific variants of Pr-1, Al, Pa-3, Pa-X, and Tf proteins were found. The species of
Branta differed in
Pr-1,
Pa-3,
Pa-X, and
Tf loci. The
Anser species differed, apparently, in allele frequencies of described gene loci. A single species-specific protein marker was found in swan geese only. The electrophoretic mobilities of Pr-1, TfB, and PtfA, B, and C were similar for several species of
Anser and
Branta genera.
Key words blood plasma proteins - polymorphism - geese