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Using the prolonged immunoelectrophoresis, Gc determination was performed in 1,347 plasma collected from 3 local populations in Japan. Six phenotypes determined by the codominant alleles,Gc 1,Gc 2 andGc J, were observed, in which a new phenotype GcJ-J was included. This study revealed the presence of at least 3 polymorphic alleles at Gc locus in Japanese population.
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Kuwata, M., Ishimoto, G. & Nakajima, H. Group-specific component (Gc) polymorphism in Japanese: An investigation on the phenotypic distribution with regard to theGc J allele. Jap J Human Genet 23, 127–132 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02001793
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