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JOHN P. DUMBACHER1

Department of Ecology and Evolution, The University of Chicago, 1101 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637. USA ir,@, usI 03 SA

I Present address: Molecular Genetics Laboratory National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20008, USA. E-mail: jdumbacher@nzp.si.edu