AHAPTOGLOBINEMIA IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL

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AZEVEDO, E
KRIEGER, H
MORTON, NE
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[1] Population Genetics Laboratory, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
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10.1159/000152275
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
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Haptoglobin level in this population is not significantly dependent on any factor except the Hp locus. Hp 1 gene dosage increases, and lip 2m markedly diminishes, the haptoglobin level. Ahaptoglobinemia (insufficient haptoglobin to permit electrophoretic typing of unconcentrated serum) is associated with abnormal hemoglobins, independently with low hematocrit, and especially with the Tip 2m gene. The observed frequency of ahaptoglobinemia in Brazilian Negroes, comparable to the prevalence in North American Negroes, may be due entirely to the Hp 2m allele, which appears to vary in its expression from Hp 2-1 to Hp 0. © 1969 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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