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Polymorphic protein systems have received much attention since the development of gel electrophoresis and the ‘zymogram’ techniques (Smithies 1955, Hunter & Markert 1957), but it was not until quite recently that their study developed much beyond the descriptive level, and use was made of their potential as valuable tools in the study of ecological and evolutionary genetics (Fujino & Kang 1968a,b, Hubby & Throckmorton 1965, Koehn & Rasmussen 1967, Prakash, Lewontin & Hubby 1969, Semeonoff & Robertson 1968, Tamarin & Krebs 1969).
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Handford, P.T. (1971). An Esterase Polymorphism in the Bleak, Alburnus alburnus Pisces. In: Creed, R. (eds) Ecological Genetics and Evolution. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0432-7_14
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