title: Distribution of Gd- alleles in some ethnic groups of the USSR.
abstract: A population study of Gd- allele distribution was made in similar (age-sex) samples of schoolchildren and students from different ethnic groups: Russians, Ashkenazi Jews, and Azerbaijanians. Both the frequency and the spectrum of the Gd- alleles were quite different. The Gd- frequency in Russians (Kostroma region) was 0.36%; in Ashkenazim (Gomel region), 0.91%; in Azerbaijanians (Sheki region and Apsheron region), 3.6% and 10.5%, respectively. G6PD deficiency in Russians is represented by familial forms; in Ashkenazi Jews by class II alleles Kirovograd and Zhitomir; and in Azerbaijanians, by a wide spectrum of class II and III alleles. Genetic factors involved in the formation of Gd- allele frequencies and the spectrum in these three ethnic groups are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005838:Genotype; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014586:USSR
chemical_list: D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase