High prevalence of haemoglobin E in three populations of the Malda district, West Bengal, India.
High frequencies of haemoglobin (Hb) E were reported earlier from Assam in northeast India. In the present study one of the three populations of the Malda district of West Bengal, called the Deshi, was found to show one of the highest incidences of the Hb E gene (0.61) recorded so far. A founder effect and/or local inbreeding may possibly explain this observation.
Das
M K
MK
Anthropometry and Human Genetics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta.
Dey
B
B
Roy
M
M
Mukherjee
B N
BN
D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000235:genetics*; D006446:Hemoglobin E / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
D006446:Hemoglobin E