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Gene diversity for haptoglobin and transferrin classical markers among Hindu and Muslim populations of Aligarh city, India

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The present paper reports the distribution of serum protein markers viz. haptoglobin and transferrin in two major groups of Aligarh city of North India. In present study we have undertaken a survey of 538 individuals belonging to eight different populations, four from the Hindu community i.e. Brahmin, Bania, Rajput and Jatav, and the rest four among the Muslim community i.e. Syed, Sheikh, Pathan and Ansari. The heterozygosity ranged from 0.2939 (Ansari) to 0.4873 (Brahmin) for haptoglobin and from 0.000 (Rajput) to 0.1498 (Pathan) for transferrin. The values of D ST are 0.4122 and 0.4406, and that of G ST are 0.5059 and 0.9726 for haptoglobin and transferrin markers respectively. Through F ST test, it has been concluded that there is a high genetic differentiation of populations within Hindu and Muslim groups, though there is absence of any significant differences between these groups.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, UP, India

    G. Ara, Y. H. Siddique & M. Afzal

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Ara, G., Siddique, Y.H. & Afzal, M. Gene diversity for haptoglobin and transferrin classical markers among Hindu and Muslim populations of Aligarh city, India. Russ J Genet 47, 744–748 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795411060044

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