title: Immunoglobulin (Gm) allotypes in a sample of upper-caste Hindus from Bengal, India.
abstract: A sample of high-case Hindus from Bengal, India, was found to be polymorphic for five Gm haplotypes, including Gm3;5, Gm1;21 and Gm1,2;21 which are common in Caucasians, and Gm1,17;5 and Gm 1;13,15,16, both of which may indicate affinities with populations of central and/or southwestern Asia. The frequencies observed in Bengalis are intermediate between those seen in Hindus from northwestern India and from southern India.
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People; D002170:Canada; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006801:Humans; D007126:Immunoglobulin Allotypes / Q000235:genetics*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000235:genetics*; D007194:India / Q000208:ethnology; D010641:Phenotype; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D007126:Immunoglobulin Allotypes; D007074:Immunoglobulin G