title: Alpha-2-HS-glycoprotein gene frequencies in Basques.
abstract: The genetic polymorphism of human alpha 2-HS-glycoprotein (AHSG) was analyzed in a sample of 736 native individuals from the three provinces of the Basque Autonomous Community (Guipúzcoa, Vizcaya and Alava). The Basque population shows the highest frequency of the allele AHSG*3 described to date in European populations. The same is not true for the frequency of allele AHSG*2, which fits well into the genocline described in Europe, in accordance with the adaptive hypothesis.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Animal y Genética, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aguirre
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sanz
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Osaba
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Manzano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Estomba
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mazon
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: de la Rua
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vicario
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype; D013030:Spain; D060749:alpha-2-HS-Glycoprotein
chemical_list: C556354:AHSG protein, human; D001798:Blood Proteins; D060749:alpha-2-HS-Glycoprotein