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Polymorphism of salivary esterase and alpha-amylase in the Greek population
A Petalopoulos1, M Fousteri, A Kouvatsi
1Department of Genetics, Development and Molecular Biology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Human Heredity
|November 1, 1993
Abstract:
The genetic polymorphism of two salivary enzymes (esterase and alpha-amylase) was studied in individuals from eight districts of Greece. The pooled gene frequencies were: SetS = 0.63, SetF = 0.37, AMY1 = 0.87, AMY2 = 0.10, AMY3 = 0.02, and AMY4 = 0.01. There was no intrapopulation heterogeneity, while there was a significant difference between the Greeks and the few other European populations studied.