Investigations on the ethnic variability of the AB0 blood group polymorphism in Iran

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ID22827516
AuthorsHubert Walter (0000-0002-9403-6121, Hochschule Bremen), D D Farhud, Heidi Danker-Hopfe, Heidi Danker‐hopfe (0000-0001-7001-1715), Pariwash Amirshahi
Year1991
Volume78
Issue3
Pages289-306
Publication date1991-06-10
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueZeitschrift für Morphologie und Anthropologie (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0044-314X • E-ISSN: 2749-1587
PublisherSchweizerbart (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1127/zma/78/1991/289
PMID1887659
OpenAlexW2428832269
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited4

112 Iranian population samples with a total of 600954 individuals are analyzed concerning the ethnic variability of ABO allele frequencies. The genetic heterogeneity within and between these population samples is considerable. This heterogeneity is discussed with regard to the ethnohistory of Iran. The most striking ABO allele frequencies are observed in Assyrians, Armenians and Zoroastrians, which differ extremely from that of all the other hitherto studied ethnic groups of Iran. Obviously varying ABO allele frequencies are seen also in Yazdis as well as in Turkomans and Arabs living in Iran. And finally the Iranian Jews reveal clear frequency differences in comparison with all the other Iranian population groups. It can be assumed that the specific ABO allele frequencies found in the above mentioned ethnic groups are connected with their different geographical origin as well as with their marked endogamy.

ABO blood group system · Allele · Allele frequency · Biology · Endogamy · Ethnic group · Gene · Geography · Polymorphism (computer science) · Population · Sociology · Anthropology · Blood groups and transfusion · Demography · Diabetes and associated disorders · Genetics · Hepatitis B Virus Studies

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