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The red blood cell Esterase D polymorphism in Europe and Asia

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Several regional series from Britain and 3 Asian series were typed for the Esterase D polymorphism. It was found that haemolysates up to 5 years old could be reliably typed when prepared from washed anticoagulated red blood cells. Lysates prepared from blood clots do not retain Esterase D activity quite as well. The Manx population has higher Esterase D 2 gene frequencies than neighbouring populations. A Nepalese population exhibits the highest Esterase D 2 gene frequency so far recorded. The other series presented supplement or confirm results already published.

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  1. Department of Anthropology, Durham University, England

    R. A. Cartwright, H. Hargreaves, K. S. Sawhney, M. Smith & E. Sunderland

  2. Army Blood Supply Depot, Aldershot, England

    I. L. Bethel

  3. Glasgow and West of Scotland Blood Transfusion Service, Law Hospital, Carluke, Scotland

    M. Izatt

  4. Blood Bank, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Chandigarh, India

    J. Jolly

  5. Department of Genetics and Human Variation, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia

    R. J. Mitchell

  6. Metropolitan Police Forensic Science Laboratories, London, England

    D. Teasdale

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Cartwright, R.A., Bethel, I.L., Hargreaves, H. et al. The red blood cell Esterase D polymorphism in Europe and Asia. Hum Genet 33, 161–166 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00281890

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