GENETIC-POLYMORPHISM OF AHSG, FXIIIB, HP AND PLG SERUM-PROTEINS IN 6 JEWISH GROUPS IN ISRAEL

The allelic distribution of the polymorphic serum proteins AHSG, PLG, FXIIIB and HP was studied in six Jewish groups who migrated to Israel from the Middle East, North Africa, Rumania, Bulgaria, Central and Eas tern Europe. The observed AHSG and PLG allele frequencies in these Jew ish Serum proteins groups were more or less similar to the observed di stributions in non-Jewish populations from their respective areas of o rigin, while FXIIIB and HP frequencies were similar to those in Europe an populations. Therefore, no uniform pattern of genetic relationships between the Jewish groups was observed. A genetic distance analysis i ncluding comparative data from Europe and the Middle East reflected di fferences between the Jewish groups according to their areas of origin .