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Distribution of ADH2 and ALDH2 genotypes in different populations.
Human genetics - 1 Jan 1992
Goedde H W, Agarwal D P, Fritze G, Meier-Tackmann D, Singh S, Beckmann G, Bhatia K, Chen L Z, Fang B, Lisker R
Abstract excerpt
The distribution of the human liver alcohol dehydrogenase, ADH2, and aldehyde dehydrogenase, ALDH2, genotypes in 21 different populations comprising Mongoloids, Caucasoids, and Negroids was determined by hybridization of the amplified genomic DNA with allele-specific oligonucleotide probes. Whereas the frequency of the ADH1(2) allele was found to be relatively high in the Caucasoids, Mexican Mestizos, Brazilian...
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