Ej. Parra et al., RED-CELL ENZYMES AND PLASMA-PROTEIN POLYMORPHISMS IN THE POPULATION OF CABO-VERDE (WEST-AFRICA), American journal of human biology, 7(6), 1995, pp. 701-709
The genetic polymorphism of six red cell enzymes (ADA, AK1, ALAD, ESD,
GLO1, and PGD) and 10 plasma proteins (AHSG, BF, F13A, F13B, GC, HP,
ORM, PLG, TBG, and TF) is analyzed in a sample of 268 unrelated indivi
duals from Cabo Verde (West Africa). The population of Cabo Verde was
founded in the 15th century (1462), on the basis of a great number of
slaves brought from the West African coast and a few Europeans, mainly
from Portugal. The frequencies found in Cabo Verde for the majority o
f the markers are intermediate between those reported for Africans and
Europeans. Further, the presence of alleles which are rarely or never
seen in Blacks, but are common in Caucasians, suggest a substantial c
ontribution of Europeans to the gene pool of the population of Cabo Ve
rde. (C) 1995 Wlley-Liss, Inc.