Red Cell Enzyme Polymorphisms in Moroccans and Southern Spaniards: New Data for the Genetic History of the Western Mediterranean

Population samples from Morocco (El Jadida, south Atlantic coast) and La Alpujarra (Granada mountains, Spain), located on both shores of the western Mediterranean, were typed for 8 erythrocyte genetic markers: ACPI, ESD, PGD, AK1, GLO1, PGM1, SODA, and DIA. Genetic heterogeneity within western Medit...

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Published in:Human biology 1999-10, Vol.71 (5), p.791-802
Main Authors: KANDIL, MOSTAFA, MORAL, PEDRO, ESTEBAN, ESTHER, AUTORI, LUCCA, MAMELI, G.E., ZAOUI, DRISS, CALO, CARLA, LUNA, FRANCISCO, VACCA, LAURA, VONA, GIUSEPPE
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Alleles
Analysis
Anthropology
Cells
Enzyme polymorphism
Enzymes
Enzymes - genetics
Erythrocytes - enzymology
Evaluation
Evolutionary genetics
Female
Gene Frequency
Genetic aspects
Genetic Markers
Genetic polymorphisms
Genetic Variation
Genetics
Heredity, Human
Human genetics
Human heredity
Humans
Male
Mediterranean Region
Morocco
Phenotype
Phenotypes
Polymorphism, Genetic
Population
Population genetics
Population studies
Sampling Studies
Spain
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Summary:Population samples from Morocco (El Jadida, south Atlantic coast) and La Alpujarra (Granada mountains, Spain), located on both shores of the western Mediterranean, were typed for 8 erythrocyte genetic markers: ACPI, ESD, PGD, AK1, GLO1, PGM1, SODA, and DIA. Genetic heterogeneity within western Mediterranean groups was investigated on the basis of allele frequencies of these 8 polymorphisms plus ABO and Rh (CDE). Only slight peculiarities for the ACPI, GLO1, and AK1 systems were observed in the 2 samples compared with other Mediterranean data. The new data are consistent with a main north to south genetic differentiation in the Mediterranean region. However, with regard to other European groups, the La Alpujarra population shows a particular affinity with North Africans that may be compatible with both an ancient common substratum and/or a special historical influence during the Muslim domination of the Iberian Peninsula.
ISSN:0018-7143
1534-6617