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The amino acid differences among 12β chains and 10α chains of carnivore hemoglobins are given. These hemoglobins conform to the substitution rate found for hemoglobins in general. A table compares the differences among knownα-chain sequences when deduced from tryptic peptide compositions and when taken from actual sequences. Among the carnivore hemoglobins studies, tryptic peptide compositions are about 14 % low in giving the number of sequence differences.
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Stenzel, P., Brimhall, B. Preliminary survey of carnivore hemoglobin compositions. J Mol Evol 9, 273–278 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01796115
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01796115