Is there a sex-phenotype association for esterase D (EC 3.1.1.1)?

doi:10.1159/000153917

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Is there a sex-phenotype association for esterase D (EC 3.1.1.1)?

Human heredity - 1 Jan 1990

Moro-Furlani A M, Cabello P H, Krieger H

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Recently, a significant sex distortion of the esterase D locus segregation, both in Portugal and Germany, was reported. In contrast to these puzzling results, data on around 1,200 informative northeastern Brazilian individuals did not show any signs of a sex-phenotype association (chi 2 = 0.35)....

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Brazil
Carboxylesterase
Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases
Female
Humans
Male
Phenotype
Sex Factors

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