Genetic study of the haptoglobin polymorphism in Italy: I. Bari and Genoa provinces.
A random sample of 686 unrelated subjects from Bari (Southern Italy) and Genoa (Northern Italy) provinces was studied for HP polymorphism. The correlation between the HP*1 frequencies and geographical coordinates was studied for the populations of Italy, Europe, Middle East and Mediterranean basin. The results reveal the existence of a gradient of declining HP*1 frequencies from north-west to south-east across Europe and the Middle East.
De Stefano
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Dipartimento di Biologia, Università Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
Rickards
O
O
Biondi
G
G
Steckel
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A
Dannewitz
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A
Walter
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H
D000483:Alleles; D001208:Asia; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006242:Haptoglobins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
D006242:Haptoglobins