The Distribution in Man of Genetic Variants of 6-Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase

Tills, D.; Branden, J.L. Van den; Clements, V.R.; Mourant, A. E.

doi:10.1159/000152354

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“…The frequency of the PGDC gene in the El-Kharga sample was found to be 5.5% while in El-Dakhla it was 6.2%. These values are similar to those of Arab Jordanians, Palestinians and those from South Arabia [Tills et al, 1971]. Similar African values for this gene are reported from Nigeria (6%) and Uganda (5%) while European values are lower, ranging between 2 and 3% [Tills et a!..…”

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Genetic Markers and Anthropometry in the Populations of the Egyptian Oases of El-Kharga and El-Dakhla

Selim¹,

Kamel²,

Azim³

et al. 1974

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The populations of two Western Desert Egyptian oases have been studied for various genetic markers of the blood and some anthropological characters. Hb AS was found in 9%. Blood group frequencies were similar in both oases; 10.2% were RhD-negative, G-6-PD deficiency was found in 7.5 %; Gd^A had a frequency of 1 % in El-Kharga and 16% in El-Dakhla; PGDC was 5.5% in El-Kharga and 6.2 % in El-Dakhla. All individuals examined were homozygous for AK¹; acid phosphatase gene frequencies in El-Kharga were P^a = 0.1475, P^c = 0.0164, P^r= 0.0164; in El-Dakhla, P^a = 0.0667, P^c = 0.00, P^r = 0.0333; in El-Kharga the Hp gene had a frequency of 0.4415, Hpo-o = 8.29%; in El-Dakhla, Hp¹ had a frequency of 0.3245, Hpo-o = 3.39%. The information provided points to a mixture of Caucasian and negroid features in the populations studied. The negroid influence is more marked in the El-Dakhla oasis. Head measurements show that El-Kharga males reveal more Caucasoid stock and are closer to the Upper Egyptians than most populations of the neighboring oases.

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