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Evolution of Clupeine Z, a Probable Crossover Product

Nature New Biology volume 229, pages 245–247 (1971)Cite this article

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BLACK and Dixon1 have presented an interesting and provocative view of the possible evolutionary history of three protamines of the Pacific herring, Clupea pallasi, the clupeines YI, YII and Z beginning with an archetypal pentapeptide. I wish to propose an alternative explanation.

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FITCH, W. Evolution of Clupeine Z, a Probable Crossover Product. Nature New Biology 229, 245–247 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio229245a0

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