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Human enzyme polymorphism in the Canary Islands. II. African influence
J M Morilla1, J M Afonso, M Hernández
1Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de la Laguna, Islas Canarias, España.
Human Heredity
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
The genetic polymorphism of eight red cell enzymes was examined in three samples from Gran Canaria and one from Equatorial Guinea. The presence of African genes in the Gran Canaria population showed an African admixture estimated to 6-9%. The genetic distance between Gran Canaria and Equatorial Guinea was 0.033, and that between Gran Canaria and the Spanish mainland only 0.007.