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Protein Synthesis in Species Hybrids of Birds

Nature volume 196, pages 92–93 (1962)Cite this article

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THE introduction of the method of starch-gel electrophoresis by Smithies1,2 has opened up new field in genetical and phylogenetical studies. Smithies et al. showed the presence of a genetical polymorphism in the haptoglobins3 and the transferrins4 in man. These findings have already proved to be of genetical and anthropological interest.

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  1. Institute for Medical Genetics, Uppsala, Sweden

    LARS BECKMAN

  2. Department of Genetics, University of Parma, Italy

    FRANCO CONTERIO

  3. Department of Zoology, University of Parma, Italy

    DANILO MAINARDI

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BECKMAN, L., CONTERIO, F. & MAINARDI, D. Protein Synthesis in Species Hybrids of Birds. Nature 196, 92–93 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196092a0

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