(1) Groupe de Recherches de Génétique Epidémiologique, I.N.S.E.R.M., U. 155, Château de Longchamp, F-75016 Paris, France;(2) Centre National de Transfusion Sanguine, Paris, France;(3) O.R.S.T.O.M., Cayenne, French Guiana
Abstract:
Summary Phenotypes and gene frequencies are presented for 20 serum and erythrocyte proteins in two Amerindian populations of inner French Guiana. No genetic variability was detected in 12 of these systems. Heterozygosity was calculated for the others and the reasons for its variation are discussed.