Red Cell and Serum Proteins of Cercocebus, Presbytis, Colobus and Certain Other Species

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Blood samples from Cercocebus (19), Presbytis cristatus (22) and Colobus (2) together with additional vervet, patas and talapoin material have been examined electrophoretically for haemoglobin, serum proteins and seven red cell enzymes. Cathodal haemoglobin variants were found in some Cercocebus atys and in the single C.galeritus and were shown to differ from the anodal component in the -chains: both chains of C. albigena differed in charge from those of human Hb-A and other mangabeys. Polymorphic variation of the anodal PGM bands was seen in mangabeys and in a few vcrvets and patas. Transferrin polymorphism was detected in mangabeys and the vervet. The taxonomic implications of the results are discussed.In some respects the two colobines differ from other cercopithecoids but also from one another. The distribution of polymorphic variation in cercopithecoids is discussed in relation to current concepts of the spread of neutral mutations.

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