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Since the introduction of Starch-gel electrophoresis by Smithies1, the intraspecific polmorhisms of several types of iron-binding B-globulins (transferrins) int the sera of different species of farm animals have been examined by a number of workers. In sheep the number and frequency of the transferrins have been found to vary from one breed to another: Ashton2 and Ashton and Ferguson3 have reported as many as five to seven zones in any one breed. This communication deals with the results of a preliminary investigation of serum tranferrin polymorphism in the desert sheep of the sudan.
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Smithies, O., Biochem. J., 61, 629 (1955).
Ashton, G. C., Nature, 182, 370 (1958).
Ashton, G. C., and Ferguson, K. A., Gen. Res. (Camb.), 4, 240 (1963).
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OSMAN, H. Serum Transferrin polmorphism in the Desert sheep of the Sudan. Nature 215, 162–163 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215162a0
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