Summary
The frequencies of the Gd A, Gd A- and Gd B alleles have been estimated in a random sample of 455 female and 405 male high school students from Habana.
The estimates of the Negro and Caucasian relative contributions to the present genetic make-up of the Habana population, based on these gene frequencies, are 0.20 and 0.80 respectively.
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González, R., Estrada, M. & Colombo, B. G-6-PD polymorphism and racial admixture in the Cuban population. Hum Genet 26, 75–78 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00280287
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00280287