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Two species of Mullus 721

PMM different electrophoresis migration patterns in starch
gel for the !ocus LDHl.
T cally very sirnilar, the two species can be recognized.
The available data suggest that although geneti-
The occurrence of the PMM2 band in M. barbatus
A specirnens frorn the Gulf of Gela, coupled with the
possibility of geographìcal variation for the LDHI
,_ locus (Basaglia and Callegarini cit.), allows us to
hypothesìze the presence in the Mediterranean area
of severa! dernes and/or stocks, for a t least one of the
two species considered.
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Acknowledgements-This research was supported by grants
from the ltalian M.P.I. (60% , 1989).

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