Open AccessPopulation studies in northern Sweden
Author(s) -
CEDERGREN B.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
hereditas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1601-5223
pISSN - 0018-0661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1973.tb01063.x
Subject(s) - biology , inbreeding , genetic drift , population , allele frequency , demography , ethnic group , founder effect , population genetics , genetics , genetic variation , gene , allele , haplotype , anthropology , sociology
The frequency of the blood group p was studied in a series of about 40,000 individuals from the county of Västerbotten in northern Sweden. The frequency of the p gene was calculated with different methods to be about 1 per cent for the whole county and somewhat higer in the coastal area. The frequency of the p blood group may be about 70 times higher in northern Sweden than in other parts of the world. This high frequency is not due to ethnic heterogeneity or inbreeding but most likely to the founder effect and genetic drift.