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THE gene responsible for transferrin C seems to be very common in all human populations. Of the rare alleles, those producing the faster-moving variants have mainly been found in Caucasoids. The most common of them is B2, which has been observed in 1 per cent of Canadian Whites, Englishmen and Swedes1–3. Tf B1 has been reported in 1 of 139 British Whites2 and 2 of 1,173 Swedes3.
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SEPPÄLÄ, M., MÄKELÄ, O. Transferrin Variants in Finland. Nature 199, 831 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199831a0
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