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Plasma samples from 678 individuals belonging to four ethnic groups of Iran were examined by thin layer polyacrylamide isoelectric focusing and the results were analyzed for inter- and intra-ethnic variation. The distribution of Gc alleles showed a wide range in the country but the intra-ethnic variation indicated only a moderate differentiation, already having occurred in two local religious groups. Overall the frequencies in Iranian populations fit well with those generally expected in the region of contact and an overlap of European and Asian populations.
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Papiha, S.S., White, I., Akbari, M.T. et al. Isoelectric focusing of vitamin D binding protein (Gc): Genetic diversity in the populations of Iran. Jap J Human Genet 30, 69–73 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01873579
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