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The distribution of the adenylate kinase groups was studied on blood samples obtained from 2270 Swiss individuals. The distribution was found to be in excellent agreement with the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The obtained gene frequencies were similar to those observed in other Caucasian populations (AK1=0.957, AK2=0.043). In 335 mother/childpairs no theoretically “impossible” combinations were found. No significant difference was observed between the gene-frequencies of men and women. Among the blood samples investigated an “unusual” phenotype was found in one mother and her child.
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Pflugshaupt, R., Scherz, R. & Bütler, R. The adnylate kinase (AK)-groups in the Swiss population. Hum Genet 12, 167–169 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00291473
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00291473