The Cayapa Indians of Ecuador: a genetically isolated group with unexpected complement C7 M/N allele frequencies.

doi:10.1111/j.1744-313x.1996.tb00114.x

Article

The Cayapa Indians of Ecuador: a genetically isolated group with unexpected complement C7 M/N allele frequencies.

European journal of immunogenetics : official journal of the British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - 1 Jun 1996

Sölder B M, De Stefano G F, Dierich M P, Würzner R

Abstract excerpt

The Cayapa Indians live in north-western Ecuador in close proximity to a Black population of African ancestry. C7 M/N allotyping has proved to be a good technique for plasma genetic analysis in several populations. Investigation of 124 Cayapa plasma samples revealed the highest allele frequency o...

Topics

Alleles
Black People
Complement C7
Ecuador
Gene Frequency
Humans
Indians, South American

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