Haptoglobin subtypes among four different populations.

doi:10.1159/000154182

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Haptoglobin subtypes among four different populations.

Human heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Mastana S S, Bernal J E, Onyemelukwe G C, Papiha S S

Abstract excerpt

Haptoglobin subtypes were analysed by isoelectric focusing in four populations from Colombia, England, Nigeria, and India. There is a wide range of variation of allele frequencies in these four populations: HP*1S = 15-28%, HP*1F = 5-19%, HP*2FS = 54-79%. With the exception of the English, and the...

Topics

Alleles
Chromosome Mapping
England
Genetic Markers
Haptoglobins
Hispanic or Latino
Humans
India
Nigeria
Polymorphism, Genetic

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