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Electrophoretic study of esterase D in 1027 mother-child pairs showed an atypical segregation of EsD alleles in one pair. The family analysis confirmed the evidence of a ‘silent’ gene (EsD 0), which was observed in child, mother and grandfather. R banding of the metaphasal chromosomes revealed the normal appearance of the No. 13 pair, and no deletion of homologues No. 13 was observed in this family.
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Kozioł, P., Stepień, J. Atypical segregation of esterase D: Evidence of a rare “silent” allele EsD 0 . Hum Genet 53, 223–225 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00273500
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