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High frequency of the apolipoprotein E *4 allele in African pygmies and most of the African populations in sub-Saharan Africa.
Human biology - 1 Aug 1997
Zekraoui L, Lagarde J P, Raisonnier A, Gérard N, Aouizérate A, Lucotte G
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E genotypes (alleles *2, *3, and *4) have been determined in 70 Aka Pygmies and 470 unrelated African sub-Saharan subjects. Allele frequencies for Pygmies are 5.7% for APOE*2, 53.6% for APOE*3, and 40.7% for APOE*4, and the global proportions for sub-Saharan subjects are 11.6% for APOE*2, 70.6% for APOE*3, and 17.8% for APOE*4. The frequencies in some ethnic groups are statistically different from...
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