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Immunoglobulins in the Eastern Carolines
Author(s) -
Steinberg A. G.,
Morton N. E.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330380307
Subject(s) - micronesian , whaling , biology , zoology , geography , ecology , ethnology , sociology
Serum samples from Micronesian populations on the Pingelap, Mokil, Ponape and Kusaie islands were tested for the immunoglobulin G (IgG) allotypes, Gm (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 13, 14, 21), and for Inv (1). All four populations have the Gm phenogroups, Gm 1,21 , Gm 1,2,21 , Gm 1,3,5,13,14 , and Gm 1,5,6 . The Ponapeans have Gm 1,5,13,14 also. Pedigree analysis shows that the Gm 1,5,6 phenogroup in the Pingelap and Mokil populations is derived from the single offspring of a member of a crew of a whaling ship and that the Gm 1,2,21 phenogroup was introduced by three non‐native individuals. The Gm allotypes indicate that the Ponapean and Kusiean populations also have phenogroups from other races, and historical data show that there has been adequate opportunity for this to have occurred. Only the phenogroups Gm 1,21 and Gm 1,5,13,14 appear to be endemic to eastern Micronesia.