Albumin Phenotypes in Turkeys.

I N a search for polymorphisms in plasma proteins of turkeys, we observed differences in the electrophoretic patterns of proteins which migrated in the region of the alb~rnins.~ On tracing the pedigrees of the birds it became apparent that the alleles for the three albumin types were segregating only in descendants from a cross between the domestic species (Meleagris gallopavo) and the ocellated turkey ( M . ocellata) . The purpose of this report is to describe the albumin phenotypes, to present data on their inheritance and to trace the origin of the two alleles in the population under study.