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The brains of the foetuses of a variety of mammals contain two main electrophoretic variants of type A esterases. These are partly or completely replaced by new adult-type esterases at about the same relative stage of development in man, rat, rabbit and guinea-pig. The alterations in esterase patterns can provide a good indication of the stage of development reached by an immature animal.
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LAGNADO, J., HARDY, M. Brain Esterases during Development. Nature 214, 1207–1210 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2141207a0
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