Article
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....
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Black People
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Discriminant Analysis
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase
- Humans
- Isoelectric Focusing
- Italy
- Male