ABH antigen secretion in Basques and the spatial variation pattern of the secretor locus in Spain.

Article

ABH antigen secretion in Basques and the spatial variation pattern of the secretor locus in Spain.

Gene geography : a computerized bulletin on human gene frequencies - 1 Jan 2000

Calderon R, Vidales C, Rebato E, Peña J A

Abstract excerpt

Secretion of the ABH blood group antigen was analyzed in 305 saliva samples of students in the Basque Country University. The frequency of ABH non-secretor was 26.23%, a result very close to that obtained in autoctonous Basques (22-23%) and in other populations from the West (Galicia) and Centre...

Topics

ABO Blood-Group System
Alleles
Antigenic Variation
Chromosome Mapping
Gene Frequency
Genetic Markers
Humans
Phenotype
Polymorphism, Genetic
Saliva
Spain

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