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Dimeric acid phosphatases are coded by allelic variants of a single autosomal gene. Esterases have revealed allelic as well as non-allelic polymorphism. Allelic frequencies and proportion of heterozygosity at the polymorphic loci have been described.
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Parkash, R., Gill, K.S. Enzyme variability in local populations ofDrosophila species. Experientia 36, 167–168 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01953710
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