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Is there a PGM1 4 allele specific to Amerindian populations?

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Rare PGM1 variants in Macushi and Wayampi Amerindian populations have been compared electrophoretically and by means of electrofocusing. They appear to be identical. The findings are discussed.

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  1. Groupe de Recherches de Génétique Epidémiologique, INSERM, U 155, Château de Longchamp, F-75016, Paris, France

    P. Tchen & E. Bois

  2. Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine, Paris, France

    Jeanine Séger

  3. Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    J. V. Neel

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Tchen, P., Séger, J., Bois, E. et al. Is there a PGM1 4 allele specific to Amerindian populations?. Hum Genet 53, 229–231 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00273502

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