Detection of a new variant phenotype of phosphohexose isomerase in the Gadaba tribe of Andhra Pradesh, south India.

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Detection of a new variant phenotype of phosphohexose isomerase in the Gadaba tribe of Andhra Pradesh, south India.

Anthropologischer Anzeiger; Bericht uber die biologisch-anthropologische Literatur - 1 Dec 1996

Rao P M, Kirk R L, Busi B R, Reddi G G, Ramana G V

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A total of 998 unrelated individuals from the Gadaba tribal population of Andhra Pradesh, South India, were screened for red cell phosphohexose isomerase (PHI) by starch gel electrophoresis. A new and hitherto for Andhra Pradesh not yet reported rare variant phenotype was observed: PHI 6-1. The n...

Topics

Alleles
Erythrocytes
Ethnicity
Gene Frequency
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase
Humans
India
Phenotype

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