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FOETAL haemoglobins are synthesized by several, and perhaps all, of the Anthropoidea during intrauterine development; little is known of the primary structures of their γ chains, but they are presumed to bear close structural resemblances to human γ chains. Until recently, the synthesis of human γ chains was thought to be controlled by a single structural locus; Schroeder et al.1 showed that at least two, and possibly four, γ-chain loci are active in human foetuses. So far theirs has been the only report indicating that there are two or more γ-chain loci in any mammal. We have evidence for the existence of duplicate haemoglobin γ-chain loci in Macaca nemestrina (pig-tailed macaques).
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NUTE, P., STAMATOYANNOPOULOS, G. Evidence for Duplication of the Haemoglobin γ Chain Locus in Macaca nemestrina. Nature New Biology 229, 145–147 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio229145a0
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