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Science 19 May 1967:
Vol. 156. no. 3777, p. 944
DOI: 10.1126/science.156.3777.944
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Hemoglobin Polymorphism in Chimpanzees and Gibbons

Harold A. Hoffman 1, Arlan J. Gottlieb 1, and William G. Wisecup 2

1 National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014
2 Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico 88330

Hemoglobin polymorphism has been observed in the chimpanzee and two subspecies of gibbons. In chimpanzees, hemoglobins J and B were found in addition to hemoglobin A; J and B differed from A in their alpha and beta chains, respectively. Hemoglobins A and B were observed in different subspecies of gibbons; B differed from A in its beta chain.


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