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Unexpectedly, plants heterozygous for any two of three Gdh alleles contain only a single hybrid isozyme, which is broad and diffuse and has an electrophoretic migration rate intermediate to that of the parental forms. Different electrophoretic techniques did not resolve this broad hybrid band but elution from a DEAE column showed that it is composed of a population of isozymes of different migration rates.
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Pryor, A. Allelic glutamic dehydrogenase isozymes in maize—A single hybrid isozyme in heterozygotes?. Heredity 32, 397–401 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1974.47
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