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A study of Gm allotypes and immunoglobulin heavy gamma IGHG genes in Berbers, Arabs and sub-Saharan Africans from Jerba Island, Tunisia.
European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Oct 2001
Loveslati B Y, Sanchez-Mazas A, Ennafaa H, Marrakchi R, Dugoujon J M, Lefranc J M, Elgaaied A B
Abstract excerpt
The Gm polymorphism of human IgG immunoglobulins was investigated in three different ethnic groups--Arabs, Berbers and 'dark-skinned people'--on Jerba Island, Tunisia. The genetic relationships among these groups and several populations from North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, west Asia and Europe were analysed by principal coordinate analysis, Fst significance testing, and analysis of molecular variance based on...
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