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Distribution of the electrophoretic variants of serum alpha1-antitrypsin in six species of the macaques

Individual variations of ₁-antitrypsin of the macaques were investigated by means of starch gel electrophoresis. The material comprised a total of 1,084 plasma samples taken from six species, namely,Macaca irus, mulatta, cyclopis, nemestrina, speciosa, andfuscata, including several geographical groups. At least ten phenotypes which were assumed in analogy to human Pi-system to be under genetic control of five codominant alleles tentatively denoted byPi _Mac ^{A, B, C, D, E} were identified. It was considered that these alleles are commonly possessed by different macaque species. A marked difference in the distribution of allele frequencies was found both within and between species groups. Several aspects of this new polymorphic variation in the macaques were discussed with special reference to the geographical distribution of the alleles and the origins of the Japanese macaque,M. fuscata. This study was carried out as part of the Special Project of the Japan-U.S. Cooperative Scientific Program: Blood Macromolecules and the Genetic Origins of the Japanese Macaques (Chief investigators:T. Miki andM. Goodman)     

福建畲族的红细胞血型分布The

本文报道了父母双方上溯三代均为畲族的123名健康人的9个红细胞血型系统的分布。其表型分布如下：ABO血型系统：A型34人,B型26人,O型57人,AB型6人。MNSs血型系统：MNSs型5人,MMSs型5人,NNSs型1人, MMss型32人,MNss型62人,NNss型18人。未发现SS型。Rh血型系统：CCDee型44人,CcDee型9人,CCDEe型5人, CcDEe型55人,ccDEe型2人,ccDEE型8人,未发现ccDee、CCDEE型及CcDEE型。Duffy血型系统：Fy(a+b-)型115人,Fy(a+b+)型8人,未发现Fy(a-b+)及Fy(a-b-)型。 Kidd血型系统：Jk(a+b-)型49人,Jk(a+b+)型43人,Jk(a+b+)型43人,Jk(a-b+)型31人,未发现Jk (a-b-)型。Lutheran血型系统: Lu(a-b+) 型123人,未发现Lu(a+b-)及Lu(a+b+)型。Diego血型系统：Di(a+)型13人,Di(a-)型110人。P血型系统：P1(+)型38人,P1(-)型85人。Lewis血型系统：Le(a+b-)型16人,Le(a+b+)型9人,Le(a-b+)型91人,Le(a-b-)型7人。     

Genetic origins of the Japanese: A partial support for the dual structure hypothesis

Based on the morphological characteristics of the skull and teeth, Hanihara ([1991] Japan Review 2:1–33) proposed the “dual structure model” for the formation of modern Japanese populations. We examine this model by dividing it into two independent hypotheses: 1) the Upper Paleolithic population of Japan that gave rise to the Neolithic Jomon people was of southeast Asian origin, and 2) modern Ainu and Ryukyuan (Okinawa) populations are direct descendants of the Jomon people, while Hondo (Main Island)-Japanese are mainly derived from the migrants from the northeast Asian continent after the Aeneolithic Yayoi period. Our aim is to examine the extent to which the model is supported by genetic evidence from modern populations, particularly from Japan and other Asian areas. Based on genetic distance analyses using data from up to 25 “classic” genetic markers, we find first that the three Japanese populations including Ainu and Ryukyuan clearly belong to a northeast Asian cluster group. This negates the first hypothesis of the model. Then, we find that Ainu and Ryukyuans share a group contrasting with Hondo-Japanese and Korean, supporting the second hypothesis of the model. Based on these results, we propose a modified version of the dual structure model which may explain the genetic, morphological, and archaeological evidence concerning the formation of modern Japanese populations. Am J Phys Anthropol 102:437–446, 1997. © 1997 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

HLA class II alleles in Ainu living in Hidaka district,Hokkaido, northern Japan

The Ainu people are considered to be the descendants of preagricultural native populations of northern Japan, while the majority of the population of contemporary Japan (Wajin) is descended mainly from postneolithic migrants. Polymorphisms of the HLA-DRB1, DRB3, and DQB1 alleles were investigated in DNA samples of 50 Ainu living in Hidaka district, Hokkaido. Unique features of the Ainu in this study were high incidences of DRB1*1401, DRB1*1406, and a newly described allele, DRB1*1106 (20%, 17%, and 5%, respectively). On the other hand, several common alleles in Wajin (DRB1*1502, 1302, 0803, and 1501) were found at relatively low frequencies (1–2%) in Ainu. Previously DRB1*1406 was described as a characteristic allele of some Native American or northeast Asian ethnic groups, and DRB1*1106 had been found in only two Singapore Chinese and one Korean. Principal component analysis of various populations based on HLA class II allele frequencies places the Ainu population midway between other east Asian populations, including Wajin, and Native Americans. These observations may support the hypothesis that the Ainu people are the descendants of some Upper Paleolithic populations of northeast Asia from which Native Americans are also descended. © 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.