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This article describes an investigation of inter- and intraspecific variation in three small populations of wild Canidae—wolf, coyote, and dingo. The products of 53 gene loci were examined. Very little interspecies variation was observed, but the level of intraspecific variation was compatible with that found in man.
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Fisher, R.A., Putt, W. & Hackel, E. An investigation of the products of 53 gene loci in three species of wild Canidae: Canis lupus, Canis latrans, and Canis familiaris . Biochem Genet 14, 963–974 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00485128
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