Immunoglobulin allotypes (GM and KM) in Basques from Spain: Approach to the origin of the Basque population

From: Human Biology | Date: August 1, 1998| Author: Calderon, Rosario; Vidales, Concepcion; Pena, Jose A; Perez-Miranda, Ana; Dugoujon, Jean-Michel | Copyright information

ROSARIO CALDER6N, CONCEPCION VIDALES, JOSE A. PENA,1 ANA PEREZ-MIRANDA, AND JEAN-MICHEL DUGOUJON

Abstract GM and KM immunoglobulin (Ig) allotypes have been tested in 310 autochthonous Basques from the three subpopulations of Vizcaya, Guipuzcoa, and Alava, Spain. They are compared with allotypes occurring in autochthonous French Basques, some Pyrenean subpopulations in France, and European populations. The analysis suggests that the Basque subpopulations show noticeable genetic distanc...

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