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Glyoxalase I polymorphism in South African Bantu-speaking Negroids

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The newly described genetic polymorphism of glyoxalase I (GLO) is studied in seven ethnically defined Negroid samples from South Africa (total: n=843). The allele frequencies between the different Negroid samples studied vary only marginally. However, the allele frequency of GLO1 for the South African Negroid samples combined (i.e., p=0.259), is highly significantly lower than that for Caucasoid samples.

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  1. Institut für Humangenetik und Anthropologie, University of Freiburg i. Br., Albertstrasse 11, D-7800, Freiburg i. Br., Germany

    K. Bender & Rosita Frank

  2. Africa Institute of South Africa, P.O. Box 630, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa

    H. W. Hitzeroth

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Supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Bonn-Bad Godesberg

Supported by a research fellowship (1975/76) awarded by the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn-Bad Godesberg

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Bender, K., Frank, R. & Hitzeroth, H.W. Glyoxalase I polymorphism in South African Bantu-speaking Negroids. Hum Genet 38, 223–226 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00527406

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