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A hemoglobin variant was discovered in Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata) of the Wakinosawa A-1 troop of the Shimokita peninsula, the northernmost limit of this species' habitat. The variant was characterized by slow migration on starch gel electrophoresis due to its polymerizing nature. Structural analysis revealed that Gly at the 83rd amino acid residue of theβ chain was substituted by Cys, and the variant was identified as Hb Izu (Macaca). The gene frequency of the variant was extremely high, at 85.7%, and much higher than the 21.3% obtained for the troops of the Izu peninsula. The genotypic frequencies in the troops of both the Izu and Shimokita peninsulas agreed with expectations as calculated from the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
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Takenaka, O., Takenaka, A., Hayasaka, K. et al. Hb Izu (Macaca)β83 (EF 7) Gly→Cys: The major hemoglobin of the Japanese monkey (Macaca fuscata) in a troop at Shimokita, the northernmost limit of its habitat. Primates 26, 471–478 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02382461
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