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Group-specific component (Gc) subtypes in Gambian and Transkeian populations: a description of a new variant.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000
Papiha S S, Constans J, White I, McGregor I A
Abstract excerpt
A total of 270 serum specimens from Keneba and Manduar villages of The Gambia and 126 from Bantu of Transkei were examined for the group-specific component (Gc) phenotypes by isoelectric focusing. Only one individual showed phenotype 2-2 in the Bantu population, and the sub-allele frequencies showed a distribution very characteristic of African populations. A new rare mutation, Gc1C34, was found in heterozygous...
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