A total of 461 individuals, belonging to some Subsaharan populations (Beti, Bateke and Babenga Pygmies of Congo; Goun and Nago of Benin; Mbugu and Sango of the Central African Republic), and a sample of 231 individuals of the population of Rome (Italy) have been typed for red cell esterase D using conventional electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing. The Subsaharan populations showed a high variability of the frequency of the EsD2 allele (0.018-0.138) and the absence of the EsD5 allele which, on the contrary, reached a polymorphic frequency (0.017) in the Italian sample. These results suggest that the EsD5 allele has a Caucasian origin.
EsD in Negro and Caucasian Populations: Is the EsD<sup>5</sup> a <sup>4</sup>Caucasian Allele’? / DESTRO-BISOL, Giovanni; Francesca, Menchicchi; Dalila, Ranalletta; Spedini, Gabriella. - In: HUMAN HEREDITY. - ISSN 0001-5652. - STAMPA. - 36:3(1986), pp. 154-157. [10.1159/000153619]
EsD in Negro and Caucasian Populations: Is the EsD5 a 4Caucasian Allele’?
DESTRO-BISOL, Giovanni;SPEDINI, Gabriella
1986
Abstract
A total of 461 individuals, belonging to some Subsaharan populations (Beti, Bateke and Babenga Pygmies of Congo; Goun and Nago of Benin; Mbugu and Sango of the Central African Republic), and a sample of 231 individuals of the population of Rome (Italy) have been typed for red cell esterase D using conventional electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing. The Subsaharan populations showed a high variability of the frequency of the EsD2 allele (0.018-0.138) and the absence of the EsD5 allele which, on the contrary, reached a polymorphic frequency (0.017) in the Italian sample. These results suggest that the EsD5 allele has a Caucasian origin.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
