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A sample of South African Negroids (n=791) was scored for each individual's Bf and GLO phenotype. (The genes for the Bf and GLO polymorphisms are included in a known cluster of linked genes on chromosome 6.) Following a χ2-test the respective two series of alleles were found to be distributed at random, i.e., there was no evidence for a linkage disequilibrium. This result is discussed in terms of the linkage relationships and map distances of the genetic markers involved.
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Supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Bonn-Bad Godesberg
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Supported by a research fellowship (1975/76) awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn-Bad Godesberg
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Bender, K., Mauff, G. & Hitzeroth, H.W. No evidence for linkage disequilibrium between Bf and GLO in African Negroids. Hum Genet 38, 227–230 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00527407
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