High incidence of the silent allele at c
High incidence of the silent allele at cholinesterase locus I in Vysyas of Andhra Pradesh (S. India)
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P. R. Rao; K. B. Gopalam
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Article
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1979
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Springer
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English
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Four-hundred and ninety individuals belonging to the Vysya caste from Andhra Pradesh were screened for pseudocholinesterase variants at the E1 and E2 locus. A high incidence of the silent allele (gene frequency=0.1112) was recorded with homozygotes exceeding 2% of the population. Dibucaine- and fluo