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A study of transferrins of the eel by paper electrophoresis, using a serum labelled with Iron 59, was carried out on 340 different individuals. The phenotypes of transferrins thus determined are differently distributed in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) and in the American eel (A. rostrata); the difference between these 2 species is thereby made clear. Within the same species (A. anguilla), it is also possible to observe different distributions of phenotypes according to the geographical origin of the individuals under study (French Atlantic coasts, French and Greek Mediterranean coasts).
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Drilhon, A., Fine, J.M. Importance de l'étude des transferrines sériques dans la différenciation des espèces. Résultats acquis dans le genreAnguilla. Experientia 24, 555–557 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02153769
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