SIMILAR GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF FRE QUENCIES OF THE P(C) ALLELEOF RED-CELL ACID-PHOSPHATASE AND BAMHI-3 MSPI-4 TYPES OF MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA IN CAUCASOID HUMAN-POPULATIONS/

The frequencies the of p(C) allele of red cell acid phosphatase (AcPI) and a group of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) types BamHI-3/MspI-4 were sh own to have similar geographic distribution in Caucasoid populations o f six regions of Europe and Asia. The maximum frequency values of thes e markers were revealed in southern and southeastern Europe. The possi bility of associations between these variants of polymorphism in the g enotype-mitotype system is discussed. The geographical gradients of p( C) and BamHI-3/MspI-4, correlate with the directions of neolithic migr ations of Caucasoids front the Near East to Europe. The region of maxi mum frequency values of p(C) and BamHI-3/MspI-4 is supposed to be larg ely consistent with the area where considerable enhancing of the popul ation size of neolithic migrants from the Near East and their mixing w ith the ancient population of Europe occurred.