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Cytochrome c and Evolution

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A scheme for the evolutionary relationships of living organisms is proposed. It is based on data concerning the reactivities of cytochromes c of various organisms with cytochrome oxidase from a bacterium and from the cow; on the assumption that denitrifying organisms are the most primitive and on the similarity of haem d to chlorophyll.

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