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Haemoglobin Polymorphism in the Rhesus Macaque

Nature New Biology volume 238, pages 238–240 (1972)Cite this article

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INTRASPECIFIC polymorphism of the principal haemoglobin component is common among macaque monkeys1–3 and other non-human primates4–9, but although electrophoretically demonstrable it has not been found in populations of rhesus monkeys (M. mulatto)10,11. Using the technique of isoelectric focusing in acrylamide gel, I have found variant haemoglobins in many samples of rhesus red blood cell haemolysates. The detection of these variants is apparently a result of the greatly increased resolution of the isoelectric focusing method as compared with the older electrophoretic methods.

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BASCH, R. Haemoglobin Polymorphism in the Rhesus Macaque. Nature New Biology 238, 238–240 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio238238a0

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