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Diversity of some gene frequencies in European and Asian populations. VI. Geographic patterns of PGM and ACP.
- Source :
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Human heredity [Hum Hered] 1990; Vol. 40 (6), pp. 313-21. - Publication Year :
- 1990
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Abstract
- Genetic variation at the phosphoglucomutase-1 (PGM) and acid phosphatase (ACP) loci, in 160 and 120 European and Asian populations, respectively, is described by spatial autocorrelation statistics and directional variograms. Short-distance patterns of gene frequencies correspond to those predicted by models of isolation by distance, but long-range differentiation of populations is observed as well. A possible role of climatic selection in maintaining the PGM polymorphism is supported by the north-south orientation of the gradient for that locus, but not by biochemical evidence. By and large, the observed patterns of gene frequencies seem to reflect a combination of demographic processes, subdivision and isolation of local populations among them.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0001-5652
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Human heredity
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 2150665
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000153954