Variation in Reduced Glutathione in Bloods of Inbred Lines of Chickens.

The genetic control of erythrocyte reduced glutathione in Australian Merino sheep

“…In cattle (Kunkel, Stutts & Shrode, 1954) and poultry (Stutts et al 1956;Shabalina & Yotsov, 1967) erythrocyte GSH concentration has been shown to be highly heritable, although neither cattle nor poultry have, as yet, been shown to exhibit an erythrocyte GSH polymorphism similar to that found in sheep. The wide range of ery-throcyte GSH concentrations which are found within both the GSH-high and the GSH-low sheep types, suggest that other genes may be modifying the main gene effect in this species.…”