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Evidence from both fire ants and honeybee suggests that with proper buffer systems and supporting media some degree of biochemical polymorphism may be found.
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Hung, A., Vinson, S. Electrophoretic techniques and genetic variability in hymenoptera. Heredity 38, 409–411 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1977.105
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