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A rare adenosine deaminase allele (ADA6) in an Arab Moslem village in Israel

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The rare allele, ADA6, was detected in seven members of an Arab Moslem family from northern Israel. All had the electrophoretic pattern of heterozygotes ADA 6-1. This phenotype was formerly described in a small German family. The individuals examined in this study are a small branch of a much larger family only part of which lives in Israel. The origin of the family was traced back to a tribe which migrated to Jordan in the XVIII th century from the Kingdom of Hegaz in the northern part of the Arabian peninsula.

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  1. Human Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

    Sarah Nevo

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Nevo, S. A rare adenosine deaminase allele (ADA6) in an Arab Moslem village in Israel. Hum Genet 38, 235–238 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00527409

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