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Absence of the E2 allele of apolipoprotein in Amerindians
Guilherme B. MarinI; Marli H. TavellaI; João F. GuerreiroII; Sidney E.B. SantosII; Marco A. ZagoI
IDepartamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, 14049-900 Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil. Tel.: (016) 633-8071, Fax: (016) 633-4009. E-mail: marazago@usp.br. Send correspondence to M.A.Z.
IILaboratório de Genética Humana e Médica, Universidade Federal do Pará, 66075-900 Belém, PA, Brasil.
ABSTRACT
Determination of the ApoE allele distribution in five South American Amerindian tribes revealed absence of the ApoE2 allele, accompanied by high ApoE3 and low ApoE4 allele frequencies for most tribes, a distribution only previously reported for the Inuit Eskimo from Greenland.
Keywords: apolipoprotein; Amerindians.
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