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Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines (DARC): genotypes in Ashkenazi and non-Ashkenazi Jews in Israel.
Human biology - 1 Apr 2001
Parasol N, Cohen N, Zemishlany Z, Lerer B, Kosower N S
Abstract excerpt
Duffy genotypes were studied in Ashkenazi and non-Ashkenazi groups in Israel. The prevalence of the genotypes for the known polymorphic FY*A, FY*B, and FY*B(GATA-) alleles was similar in the two groups. The recently described FY*B(G298A) and FY*B(C265T) alleles were also found to be polymorphic. FY*B(G298A) was significantly more prevalent in the non-Ashkenazi group than in the Ashkenazi group (in 20% and 10% of...
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