Variability of polymorphic gene markers in Buryat and Russian newborns from Ulan-Ude]

Variability of ten polymorphic loci (ABO, RhD, PGD, ACP, PGM1, GLO, ESD, ADA, GC, TF) was studied in 326 Buryat and 310 Russian newborns from Ulan-Ude city. Marked differences between two groups were observed in the distributions of allelic frequencies of ABO, RhD, PGD, ACP, PGM1, GLO, ESD, GC loci. Genetic similarities between Buryat and other mongoloids were estimated. Close similarity was observed between Buryat, Mongols, Yakut and Kyzyl.     

Red cell enzyme polymorphisms in Friuli Venezia Giulia (northeast Italy)

Seven erythrocyte enzyme polymorphisms (ACP1, ADA, ESD, GLO1, PGD, PGM1 and PGM2) were investigated in a sample of 673 unrelated adult individuals from Friuli Venezia Giulia (or Friuli) and Istria. The gene frequencies found in the four provincial samples of Friuli and Istria fall within the range previously reported for Italy, showing a genetic homogeneity among the considered samples. However, comparisons with data from ex-Yugoslavian samples--using the chi 2 test--showed rather marked differences, probably due to a real different genetic structure of the compared samples. A significant association was found assuming a linear relation between the ADA*2 allele frequencies and longitude (r = +0.5503) and between the PGD*C frequencies and latitude (r = -0.6483), suggesting the existence of a clinal trend for these allele frequencies in Italy. These results seem to disagree with foregoing conclusions stated by other authors, probably because these studies were carried out in an area either rather narrow from the geographical point of view or affected by small size migration movements.     

Genetic structure of the population of Sicily.

Genetic heterogeneity within Sicily was investigated on the basis of ACP1, ADA, ESD, GLO1, PGD, PGM1, PGM2, SODA, ABO, and MN gene frequencies, and compared to those of other regions of Italy for which these same loci have been examined. Correspondence analysis revealed no differences within the island, at least at the provincial level, but showed genetic differentiation among Italian regions, distinctly clustering northern, central, and southern populations, respectively. These data indicate a close relationship between Sicily and southern Italy. In addition, the contribution of Middle Eastern populations to the gene pool of Sicily was evident.     

Genetic structure of western Sicily

The distribution of AB0, RH, KELL, ADA, GLO1, AK, 6PGD, ESD, ACP, G6PD, C3, GC and APOB markers were studied in a sample coming from the province of Trapani (western Sicily, Italy). The results were discussed in the contest of the Mediterranean populations. Our analysis confirms the existence of a certain genetic differentiation within Sicily and suggests a strong heterogeneity between our sample and the North African populations. Moreover our data point out the genetic affinity among Sicily, Southern Italy and Greece.     

Bulgarian Jews in Israel: genetic blood markers. Red-cell antigens, serum proteins and red-cell isozymes

Two hundred and sixteen unrelated Bulgarian Jews were typed for the following genetic systems: ABO, MNS, Rh, Kell and Duffy of the blood groups; ADA, AK1, ACP1, ESD, GLO, PGD, PGM1 and PGM2 of the red-cell enzymes, and for the serum proteins HP, GC and PI. A comparison of observed gene frequencies with those of two other Sephardi Jewish groups, from Libya and Morocco, disclosed significant heterogeneity in several systems. This was mostly due to Moroccan Jews differing from Bulgarian or from both the Libyan and Bulgarian Jews. A comparison of gene frequencies in Bulgarian Jews with those in Oriental Jews from Iraq and in Ashkenazi Jews from Poland disclosed a similarity between the three groups in Rh, ADA, GLO, PGM1 and HP. The frequencies for the above systems in the three groups were closer to those of Middle Easterners than to those of Europeans. A different pattern was observed for GC and PI, in which Bulgarian resembled Polish Jews and differed significantly from Iraqi Jews. This probably reflects an outcome of convergent adaptive processes.     

The Russian gene pool. Genogeography of erythrocyte genetic markers (ACP1, PGM1, ESD, GLO1, 6-PGD)

The study continues the series of works on the Russian gene pool. Gene geographic analysis of five erythrocytic gene markers best studied in the Russian population (ACP1, PGM1, ESD, GLO1, and 6-PGD) has been performed. Gene-geographic electronic maps have been constructed for 13 alleles of these loci and their correlations with geographic latitude and longitude. For all maps, statistical characteristics are presented, including the variation range and mean gene frequencies, partial and multiple correlations with latitude and longitude, and parameters of heterozygosity and interpopulation diversity. The maps of eight alleles (ACP1*A, ACP1*C, PGM1*2+, PGM1*2-, PGM1*1-, ESD*1, GLO1*1, and PGD*C) are shown and analyzed in detail. The genetic relief and structural elements of the maps are compared with the ecumenical trends, main variation patterns of these genes in northern Eurasia, and genetic characteristics of the indigenous populations of the Urals and Europe.     

Red cell enzyme and serum protein polymorphisms in South Korea

Two population groups in South Korea, one from Kwangju and one from Kangreung, were studied in regard to the erythrocyte enzyme polymorphisms GPT, ACP, GLO, ESD, 6PGD, ADA, AK, PGP and subtypes of PGM1 as well as regarding the serum protein variants of C3, HP, BF, PLG, AMY and the subtypes of GC, TF and PI. The results were compared with data of the population groups from the area of Cheju Island, Taejon and Seoul. The Korean population showed a rather high degree of genetic homogeneity.     

Population genetics of red cell enzymes in Pygmies: a conclusive account

In the course of a long-term research project, three groups of Pygmies and some non-Pygmy Central Africans have been examined for the following red cell enzyme markers: ACP, PGM1, PGM2, PEPA, PEPB, and PEPC, AK, ADA, and PHI. Several other red cell enzymes (ESD, CA1 and CA2, GPT, GLO, and DIA1) have been studied in only some of these groups. This paper reports all the information we obtained, including what we have already published. The following conclusions can be drawn from the whole body of data: (1) Gene patterns of Pygmies are those typical of other Africans (e.g.: lack of ADA2 and AK2 genes, low GPT2 gene frequency, polymorphism of the CA2 locus, and presence at polymorphic frequencies of PEPA2 allele. (2) Superimposed on this African genetic makeup, a number of Pygmy characters were identified, namely, a private polymorphism for the PGM26 Pygmy allele and possibly one for the PEPC2 allele, and particularly high ACPR and low PGM12 gene frequencies. (3) Some markers, especially PGM1 and ACP, turned out also to discriminate efficiently among different groups of Pygmies.     

An analysis of red cell enzymatic markers in the province of Bologna (Italy).

About 280 unrelated individuals living in the province of Bologna (Northern Italy) have been studied for the following red cell enzymatic markers: phosphoglucomutase (PGM), adenylate kinase (AK), adenosine deaminase (ADA) and phosphohexose isomerase (PHI). 116 subjects from the same sample have also been analysed for red cell acid phosphatase (ACP). The observed gene frequencies are PGM21 = 0.280; AK2 = 0.030; ADA2 = 0.091; ACPa = 0.297; ACPb = 0.647; ACPc = 0.056. In the PHI system two individuals with the variant PHI 3-1 phenotype have been found.     

Biodemoraphy and genetics of the Berba of Benin

Genetic structure of the Berba of Benin was studied on the basis of biodemographic data and ABO, RH, MNS, KEL, JK, FY, ACP1, ADA, AK1, CA2, ESD, GLO1, G6PD, PGD, PGM1 (subtypes and thermostability), PGM2, PGP, SODA, HBα, HBβ, HBδ, BF, C3, and Hp gene frequencies. Comparisons were carried out with other populations of Benin and of sub-Sahara Africa. Correspondence analysis revealed genetic differentiation among the three main groups of populations who inhabit sub-Saharan Africa: Bushmen-Hottentots, Pygmies, and Negroes. The genetic differentiation of the Negroes in relation to their linguistic affiliation and geographic localization was evident. The first group included the populations belonging to the Bantoid subfamily of the Nigritic linguistic stock living in southern Africa; in the second subcluster the populations of central-eastern Africa were localized, and the third subcluster included the populations living in the West. © 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Red cell and serum protein polymorphisms in Sardinia

Four Sardinian population samples, from the provinces of Cagliari, Oristano, Nuoro and Sassari, were studied with regard to the erythrocyte enzyme systems ACP, ESD, PGM1, ADA, AK, 6PGD and Dia, and to the serum protein systems GC and C3. The findings showed a rather high degree of genetic heterogeneity of the Sardinians compared to the other populations from the Mediterranean area (Continental Italy, Sicily, Spain, North Africa).     

Genetic population structure of two African-Ecuadorian communities of Esmeraldas

The genetic structure of two African-Ecuadorian communities, Rio Cayapas and Viche (Esmeraldas province, northwest Ecuador), was studied on the basis of ACP1, ADA, AK1, CA2, ESD, GLO1, G6PD, PGD, and PGM1 subtypes and thermostability, PGM2, HBβ, F13A, F13B, ORM1, AHSG, C6, C7, and APOC2 gene frequency, and migration data on 255 individuals. The fixation index of Wright (F_ST), correspondence, and genetic distance analysis were applied to compare the genetic relationships between these communities and other American populations of African ancestry. F_ST values from the migration data and surname origins suggest that Rio Cayapas is genetically more isolated and shows less mobility and admixture than does Viche. The genetic admixture estimates indicate a large contribution of African genes to the gene pool of both communities (74.3% to 58.4%), whereas the proportion of the Amerindian component differs significantly (14.5% in Rio Cayapas to 27.6% in Viche). Am J Phys Anthropol 109:159–174, 1999.© 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Genetic structure of the human population in the Po delta

The genetic structure of the population of Ferrara Province in the Po delta in Italy was investigated using chi 2 analysis, kinship analysis, analysis of correspondences, and geographical mapping of principal components of gene frequencies. chi 2 Analysis tests for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and for heterogeneity of gene and phenotype frequencies; kinship analysis tests for association between indicators of genetic and geographic proximity; analysis of correspondences relates localities and genetic systems in an eigenvectorial space; and geographic mapping displays the principal components of gene frequencies in the real space. In 1,364 adults in 26 residential units, seven presumably neutral isoenzyme systems were typed; ACP1 ESD, GLO I, GPT, PGD, PGM1 and PGP. It was found that average kinship for these neutral systems is correlated with geographic distance in this small area, but not as strongly as kinship for beta-thalassemia. A north-south gradient was observed for ESD. Analysis of correspondences indicated GPT, PGM1, and GLO I as the systems contributing most to differentiation within the province. The maps obtained from principal components of gene frequencies were consistent with the migrational history of the area.     

Genetic polymorphism of erythrocytic enzymes in Yakut populations

Polymorphism of the erythrocytic enzymes PGM1, ACP1, ESD, and GLO1 was found in Yakut populations. The allelic frequencies of the polymorphic systems studied varied within the following ranges: PGM1*1+, 0.5833-0.7791; PGM1*1-, 0.0345-0.1176; PGM1*2+, 0.1250-0.2813; ACP1*A, 0.1429-0.3382; ACP1*B, 0.6548-0.8571; ESD*2, 0.1250-0.4643; and GLO1*1, 0.0116-0.2845.     

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: ACP1, 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 ACP1, 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.     

Materials for studying the gene pools of Russia and neighboring countries: the Russian population of the Pskov region

The distributions of the genes and haplotypes for blood groups ABO, MN, Rhesus, P1, Lewis, and Kell-Cell-ano and biochemical markers of the genes of loci HP, GC, C'3, Tf, 6PGD, GLO1, ESD, ACP1, and PGM1 (including subtypes) were studied in 116 Russian subjects born in the Pskov oblast. Differences of this group from other Russian populations with respect to genetic structure were found.     

Genetic heterogeneity among the Hindus and their relationships with the other “Caucasoid” populations: New data on Punjab-Haryana and Rajasthan Indian States

The genetic structure of Rajasthan Hindus and Punjab-Haryana Hindus and Sikhs has been studied for ABO, RH, APOC2, C6, C7, F13A, F13B, HP, ORM1, ACP1, ADA, AK1, ESD, GLO1, PGD, PGM1 subtyping, and PGP. This is the first genetic survey on Hindus of Rajasthan. Furthermore, many of these markers have never been studied on Hindus before (APOC2, C6, 07, F13A, F13B, ORMl, PGP). These data, together with those previously available for Hindus, have been utilized to analyze the within-Hindus genetic heterogeneity by R_ST statistic and correspondence analysis. The genetic relationships of Hindus to other Causcasoid populations were also investigated. In the first analysis, two eastern states (Orissa and Andhra Pradesh) were found to be quite separate from each other and clearly distinct from the northwestern and western states. Out of the markers which could not be utilized in this analysis, PGM1 subtyping turned out to discriminate between the Dravidian—speaking and the Indo-Aryan-speaking Hindus. The second analysis shows a clear-cut separation of Hindus from Europeans, with Near Eastern and Middle Eastern populations genetically in an intermediate position. © 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

中国20个民族中PGM_1及其亚型EsD、GLO1、AK、ADA和6-PGD酶型分布调查

调查了汉族、鄂伦春、赫哲、朝鲜、蒙古、羌、土家、苗、侗、畲、壮、纳西、傈僳、白、彝、景颇、哈尼、傣、维吾尔和塔吉克等20个民族的PGM_1及其亚型,EsD、GLO_1、AK、ADA和6-PGD等酶型的分布及基因频率。PGM_1及其亚型、EsD和GLO_1在中国各民族中是分布较好的,个人识别能力较高的酶。有12个民族查出有PQM_1~6基因,壮族的频率最高,PGM_1 6-1表型达4.15％。对在4174份血样中所检出的带有PGM_1~6基因的68份血样做亚型分析,在凝胶上PGM_1~6谱带均在同一位置上。EsD_1基因频率的总趋向是北方各民族高于南方。哈尼、傈僳、傣、纳西、畲、壮、侗和苗等民族EsD2-2表型达15％以上,哈尼族高达32.4％。GLO1~1基因频率塔吉克和维吾尔族为0.2927和0.2112,羌族为0.0583,其它各族在0.0714—0.1527。各民族AK~1、ADA和6-PGD~(?)基因频率均甚高。     

Material for Studying the Gene Pools of Russia and Neighboring Countries: The Russian Population of the Pskov Oblast

The distributions of the genes and haplotypes for blood groups AB0, MN, Rhesus, P1, Lewis, and Kell–Cellano and biochemical markers of the genes of loci HP, GC, C"3, TF, 6PGD, GLO1, ESD, ACP1, and PGM1(including subtypes) were studied in 116 Russian subjects born in the Pskov oblast. Differences of this group from other Russian populations with respect to genetic structure were found.     

Genetic Polymorphism of Erythrocytic Enzymes in Yakut Populations

Polymorphism of the erythrocytic enzymes PGM1, ACP1, ESD, and GLO1 was found in Yakut populations. The allelic frequencies of the polymorphic systems studied varied within the following ranges: PGM1*1+, 0.5833–0.7791; PGM1*1–, 0.0345–0.1176; PGM1*2+, 0.1250–0.2813; ACP1*A, 0.1429–0.3382; ACP1*B, 0.6548–0.8571; ESD*2, 0.1250–0.4643; and GLO1*1, 0.0116–0.2845.