Untersuchungen zur Populationsgenetik von Island, insbesondere der Region Dalas�sla

Pálsson, Jens; Walter, H.

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“…The those reported earlier: 0.71 [4], 0.74 [6] and 0.75 [7], Thymann [8] investigated the distribu tion of Gc subtypes in Danes and com pared it with the Gc gene frequencies in various population samples [8], The fre quency of the Gc2 allele is similar in the Danish (0.2688) and Icelandic (0.262) samples and the same is true of other pop ulations of North European origin. How ever, the Gcn frequency is much lower in Icelanders (0.107) than in Danes (0.1589) but the combined frequency of GcIF and Gcis is similar in Iceland (0.738) and Den mark (0.7306).…”

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Gc Subtypes in Icelanders

Karlsson

Skaftadóttir²,

Árnason³

et al. 1983

Hum Hered

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Isoelectric focusing was used to determine the frequencies of Gc subtypes in Icelanders. The gene frequencies observed were Gc^1F = 0.107, Gc^1S = 0.631 and Gc² = 0.262. An Icelandic Gc variant allele (Gc Iceland) is shown to have a different isoelectric point from the variant allele Gc-Norway. Gc-Iceland has been detected in 3 unrelated individuals giving the allelic frequency of 0.004 in the Icelandic population. Studies of 65 mother-child pairs confirm the assumed three-allelic mode of inheritance.

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Section: Population Geneticsmentioning

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Gc Subtypes in Icelanders

Karlsson

Skaftadóttir²,

Árnason³

et al. 1983

Hum Hered

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“…The striking similarity between Iceland and Ireland in respect of several genetic markers, has been the subject of several publications in the last few years (Constandse-Westermann 1972, Bjarnarson et al 1973, Mourant & Tills 1967, Palsson & Walter 1967, Potts 1973, Thompson 1973, Walter & Pklsson 1973. It seems reasonable to consider this remarkable Irish-Icelandic resemblance as a reflection of a similar proportion of people of Celtic origin in each of the two countries.…”

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AnthropologicaI significance of phenylketonuria

Saugstad¹

1975

Clinical Genetics

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The highest incidence rates of phenylketonuria (PKU) have been observed in Ireland and Scotland. Parents heterozygous for PKU in Norway differ significantly from the general population in the Rhesus, Kell and PGM systems. The parents investigated showed an excess of Rh negative, Kell + and PGM type 1 individuals, which makes them similar to the present populations in Ireland and Scotland. It is postulated that the heterozygotes for PKU in Norway are descended from a completely assimilated sub‐population of Celtic origin, who came or were brought here, 1000 years ago. Bronze objects of Western European (Scottish, Irish) origin, found in Viking graves widely distributed in Norway, have been taken as evidence of Vikings returning with loot (including a number of Celts) from Western Viking settlements. The continuity of residence since the Viking age in most habitable parts of Norway, and what seems to be a nearly complete regional relationship between the sites where Viking graves contain Western imported objects and the birthplaces of grandparents of PKUs identified in Norway, lend further support to the hypothesis that the heterozygotes for PKU in Norway are descended from a completely assimilated subpopulation. The remarkable resemblance between Iceland and Ireland, in respect of several genetic markers (including the Rhesus, PGM and Kell systems), is considered to be an expression of a similar proportion of people of Celtic origin in each of the two countries. Their identical, high incidence rates of PKU are regarded as further evidence of this. The significant decline in the incidence of PKU when one passes from Ireland, Scotland and Iceland, to Denmark and on to Norway and Sweden, is therefore explained as being related to a reduction in the proportion of inhabitants of Celtic extraction in the respective populations.

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Reply to comments on the settlement of Iceland

Saugstad¹

1977

Norwegian Archaeological Review

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Untersuchungen zur Populationsgenetik von Island, insbesondere der Region Dalas�sla

Cited by 5 publications

References 5 publications

Gc Subtypes in Icelanders

Gc Subtypes in Icelanders

AnthropologicaI significance of phenylketonuria

Reply to comments on the settlement of Iceland

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