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A further polymorphism of the Gd locus for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase present among blacks (Nigerians) and apparently absent among Caucasoids: the quantitative isoelectrophoretic variation of the Gd+ allele.
Human heredity - 1 Jan 1991
Modiano G, Ciminelli B M, Malaspina P, Santolamazza P, Sedran L, Meloni T, Forteleoni G, Mela G
Abstract excerpt
A structural but isoelectrophoretic moderate variation of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) activity is common among Nigerians (a black population exposed to a long-lasting intense Plasmodium falciparum malarial endemia). It had never even been searched for among Caucasoids and Mongoloids. In the present work, we attempted to ascertain whether this polymorphism exists among Caucasoids. With this purpose,...
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