The incidence of mutant phenotypes has been recorded in domestic cat populations of Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara and Trabzon. From this information, allele frequencies have been estimated for seven loci. These data are compared to those from adjacent countries, particularly Greece and Cyprus, and clinal maps of the region are presented for three of the mutants.
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Todd, N.B., Todd, L.M. Mutant allele frequencies in the domestic cats of Turkey and Greece. Genetica 46, 183–192 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121034
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00121034