5-AMINOLEVULINATE SYNTHASE IS PRESENT, BUT PORPHYRINS DO NOT ACCUMULATE, IN THE HARDERIAN GLANDS OF THE MOLE RAT, SPALAX EHRENBERGI, AND TWO SPECIES OF SPINY MICE, ACOMYS CAHIRINUS AND A. RUSSATUS

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