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The extended polymorphisms of haptoglobin (Hp), group-specific component (Gc), transferrin (Tf) and α1-antitrypsin (Pi) among Japanese by means of IEF (for Gc, Tf and Pi) and PAGE (for Hp) were presented. The distribution of these phenotypes provides a good fit to the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The subtype allele frequencies obtained in this study were in good agreement with the data thus far presented by other investigators. The new and rare variants of these systems observed in this study were also described. The new variant of Gc allele was designated as GclC18.
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Shibata, K. Haptoglobin, group-specific component, transferrin andα 1 subtypes and new variants in Japanese. Jap J Human Genet 28, 17–27 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01897044
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