Eingegangen am22. Februar 1966
The Hp-, Gc-and Gm-types are determined in a sample of n = 135 unrelated male and female students from North Western Pakistan (Peshawar), and compared to some other samples from Pakistan and South Western Asia. The frequencies of Hp-allels and Gc-allels were calculated to be: tip 1 = .276, Hp ~ = .724 resp. Gc 1 = .805, Gc 2 = .195. The distribution of Gm-phenotypes cannot be interpreted by assumption of a 3-allel-model, but really better by assumption of a 4-allel-model. The calculated gene frequencies are found to be: Gm 1 = .215, Gml, ~ = .057, Gin1, ~ ~ .154, Gm ~ = .574. There is, however, a significant excess of phenotype Gm (1, 2, 5), regardless the assumption of a 3-or 4-allel-model. The phenotype InV (1) was calculated to be 15,6%. The distribution of phenotype and gene frequencies of our Peshawar sample shows similarity to a Pathan sample from NW-Pakistan, while it differs clearly from a Punjabi sample. The pooled materials from Pakistan differ significantly from Indian, Iranian and Iraquian samples, indicating a clear inhomogenity of the distribution of serum groups in South Western Asia. The possible causes of our observations are discussed.