HAPTOGLOBIN (HP), TRANSFERRIN (TF) AND GROUP-SPECIFIC COMPONENT (GC) SUBTYPE DISTRIBUTION IN BANTU-SPEAKING PEOPLE FROM MALAWI

Authors
NABULSI A EMMERICH E CLEVE W GURTLER LG CLEVE H
Citation
A. Nabulsi et al., HAPTOGLOBIN (HP), TRANSFERRIN (TF) AND GROUP-SPECIFIC COMPONENT (GC) SUBTYPE DISTRIBUTION IN BANTU-SPEAKING PEOPLE FROM MALAWI, Human heredity, 43(5), 1993, pp. 323-325
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Human heredity → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015652
Volume
43
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
323 - 325
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5652(1993)43:5<323:H(T(AG>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A sample from Malawi was studied for the genetic markers haptoglobin ( HP), group-specific component (GC) and transferrin (TF). The following allele frequencies were found. For HP: 1F = 0.355, 1S = 0.204,2FS = 0 .396,2SS = 0.044; the allele 2FF was not observed. For GC: 1F = 0.814, 1S = 0.057, 2 = 0.079, 1A1 = 0.047, 2A1 = 0.0025. For TF: C1 = 0.894, C2 = 0.075, C3 = 0.0026, D1 = 0.029. The HP subtype distribution is a mong the first to be reported for African blacks.