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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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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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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00527406