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THE mature ova of some limpets and key-hole limpets are green in colour1. In an attempt to identify the pigment responsible for the green colour of the ripe ova of the keyhole limpet Diodora graeca we have isolated from the ova a blue chromoprotein, which has a bile pigment as prosthetic group.
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BANNISTER, W., BANNISTER, J. & MICALLEF, H. Biliprotein from the Ova of a Key-hole Limpet. Nature 217, 754–755 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217754a0
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