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INHERITED variation in the electrophoretic mobility of the serum protein transferrin (siderophilin) has been established for a number of mammalian species1–12 and for doves13. In other mammals14,15, several colubrid snakes and one amphibian species, variants exist16 and, although family data are not yet available, it is probable that they are also genetically determined. This communication reports the discovery of inherited variation in the transferrin of an Australian marsupial, Megaleia rufa (= Macropus rufus), commonly known as the red kangaroo.
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Cooper, D., SHARMAN, G. Transferrin Variation in Kangaroos. Nature 203, 1094 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2031094a0
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