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GENETIC STUDY OF TUNISIAN BERBERS. I. Gm, Am AND Km IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALLOTYPES AND ABO BLOOD GROUPS
Author(s) -
Chaabani H.,
Helal A. N.,
Loghem Erna van,
Langaney A.,
Elgaaied A. Benammar,
Peran L. Rivat,
Lefranc G.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
international journal of immunogenetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.41
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1744-313X
pISSN - 1744-3121
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-313x.1984.tb01044.x
Subject(s) - abo blood group system , haplotype , geography , biology , genetics , gene , genotype
SUMMARY The Gm, Am and Km immunoglobulin allotypes and ABO blood groups were studied in three groups of Tunisian Berbers. The results showed that the actual Berbers of Tunisia present certain heterogeneity and their ancestors were probably the first inhabitants of North Africa. Indeed, although their Gm‐Am haplotypes are mainly Caucasoid, some of them are typically African. The group of Kesra village, the most Caucasoid, shows frequencies of Gm‐Am haplotypes very close to those of South European populations, particularly the Spanish, who are probably of the same origin. The gene frequencies of the ABO groups in the three Berber groups were similar to those recorded in European populations with a relatively high frequency of the O genes typical of the Berbers.