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Transferrin subtypes in four Northwest Indian tribal populations and some remarks on the anthropological value of this new polymorphism
Author(s) -
Walter H.,
Stach Martina,
Singh Indera P.,
Bhasin M. K.
Publication year - 1983
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.1330610404
Subject(s) - transferrin , polymorphism (computer science) , ethnic group , distribution (mathematics) , biology , evolutionary biology , geography , demography , anthropology , ethnology , genetics , gene , sociology , genotype , mathematical analysis , biochemistry , mathematics
Serum samples from four tribal Populations—Chaudhuri, Kotwalia, Vasava, Gamit—living in Gujarat (Northwest India) were tested for transferrin subtypes. The results are compared with those reported for other Indian populations. Reviewing all the hitherto published Tf subtype data some interestig racial differences in the distribution of gene frequencies emerge. A possible geographical distribution pattern of the variants is explored.