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Two-nucleotide codon change in a hemoglobin polymorphism of the Celebes black ape (Macaca nigra)
✍ Scribed by Mitsuo Murata; Peter E. Thompson
- Book ID
- 104784336
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 689 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-2928
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✦ Synopsis
A hemoglobin polymorphism involving variant beta-chains was demonstrated in the Celebes black ape, Macaca nigra. Fingerprinting and amino acid analysis of the tryptic peptides from the two chain types have shown that they differ by a single amino acid substitution, between lysine and aspartic acid, which requires a two-nucleotide change in the corresponding codon. Another substitution in the same codon is found as a species between the black ape and that of other macaques.