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A study was conducted to determine the distribution of phenotypes and gene frequencies of haptoglobin, phosphoglucomutase 1, esterase D, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase and three monomorphic systems SOD, sMDH and NADH DIA I. Results obtained from two Basque regions and León were compared with those from other Spanish populations. Gene frequencies observed in the León sample were similar to those obtained from the other Spanish samples. The Basque samples differed from the other Spanish populations in the gene frequencies of esterase D.

Haptoglobin, phosphoglucomutase 1 and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase gene frequencies have been found for some Castillian provinces. The NADH diaphorase I, superoxide dismutase, lactate dehydrogenase, soluble oxaloacetate transaminase, soluble malate dehydrogenase, carbonic anhydrase I and carbonic anhydrase II are non-polymorphic red cell enzymes in Caucasoids and we have verified this in Castillian samples.

Blood samples from autochthonous and unrelated persons were examined for acid phosphatase (ACP1) phenotypes. The subjects were 143 Spanish Basques, 118 people from León and 295 from Castile. The samples were typed using starch gels, with one surface coloured with phenolphthalein diphosphate (Na5 salt) and the other surface revealed with 4-methylumbelliferyl-dihydrogenphosphate. The gene frequencies observed are compared with those obtained by other authors.