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Geographical Variation in the Atlantic Salmon

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The discovery of a serum protein polymorphism in the Atlantic salmon has revealed the existence of genetically isolated populations sufficiently distinct to merit their separation into subspecies and races.

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    R. H. PAYNE, A. R. CHILD & A. FORREST

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PAYNE, R., CHILD, A. & FORREST, A. Geographical Variation in the Atlantic Salmon. Nature 231, 250–252 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/231250a0

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