POSITIONING OF THE AUTOCHTHONOUS ARAN VALLEY POPULATION AMONG BASQUE AND PYRENEAN PEOPLE BY MEANS OF ABO, RH (D) AND DUFFY BLOOD-GROUP DETERMINATIONS

Authors
ALUJA MP NOGUES RM MALGOSA A MAS J
Citation
Mp. Aluja et al., POSITIONING OF THE AUTOCHTHONOUS ARAN VALLEY POPULATION AMONG BASQUE AND PYRENEAN PEOPLE BY MEANS OF ABO, RH (D) AND DUFFY BLOOD-GROUP DETERMINATIONS, Human heredity, 43(5), 1993, pp. 265-271
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Human heredity → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015652
Volume
43
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
265 - 271
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5652(1993)43:5<265:POTAAV>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A total of 205 unrelated autochthonous individuals of both sexes from the population of the Aran Valley in the central Pyrenees were tested for ABO, Rh and duffy blood groups. This population is of interest bec ause of its relative geographical and historical isolation and its spe cific peculiarities, such as its own language. The results show a good correlation between the principal component analysis graphic and the geographic positions of the Basque and Pyrenean populations with which the Aranese population is compared.