A Study of Some Blood Genetic Characteristics of Bedouin and Non-Bedouin Arabs of Jordan

Saha, N.; Banerjee, Bhaswati

doi:10.1159/000153643

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“…Remarkable differences for the frequency distribution of the TF*C genes are found with several groups from the Iberian peninsula (see Table 3). The relatively high frequency observed for TF*C2 (0.233) seems to be closer to those reported in some north African groups (Chibani et al, 1985) or in Bedouins and Arabs from the Middle East (Cleve et al, 1992;Saha and Banerjee, 1986). However, significant differences are observed for the TF frequency distribution pattern from north Africa, and from west Africa (Tables 2 and 3).…”

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Genetic study of the population of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain): Protein markers and review of classical polymorphisms

Moral

Esteban

Vives

et al. 1997

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

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Data on six protein polymorphisms (19 alleles) from the human population of Tenerife are presented and discussed along with other classical markers in relation to the origin of the Canarians. Genetic influences from three population groups were considered: the Iberians, and the Berbers and non-Berbers (Arabs) from north Africa. The systems examined show the Tenerife population lies within the limits of variation described for various Iberian groups, with a slight tendency towards the characteristics of north African populations. When blood groups, red cell enzymes and serum protein data were considered, the similarity of the Canary population to Iberians seems strengthened (70% estimated contribution of Iberian peninsula genes to the present-day Canarian pool), while some relation with north African groups is shown. Genetic distances between Canarians and Arabs and Canarians and Berbers are lower than those between the two north African groups, indicating a relative and comparable contribution of each to the present-day gene pool of the Canarian population. The Arab contribution could be attributable to the slaves who were introduced to these islands after the conquest in the 15th century, while the Berber contribution could be the remnants of the extinct aboriginal peoples of the islands (Guanches) or a more recent immigration due to slavery. Genetic data do not allow us to distinguish between these two possibilities.

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Genetic study of the population of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain): Protein markers and review of classical polymorphisms

Moral

Esteban

Vives

et al. 1997

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

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“…The HP*2FS frequencies (> 0.70) were as high as those in Japan [26], and the HP*1F allele (^0.15) was as frequent as in Europe [10] and Africa [27], The HP*1S allele frequencies in Jordan are the lowest ob served so far (HP*1S <0.12). The total HP*1 frequencies in both Jordanian samples were clearly lower (s0.25) than any of the previous observations made on other Jordanian sam ples (>0.30) [5,23,28].…”

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“…However, some differ ences have been observed for TF [22,23], PI [24], and BF [25], which may be due to the lim itations of the methods used in these studies.…”

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Genetic Differentiation of Jordanian Moslems and Christians

Nabulsi

Rodewald²,

Clevė³

1994

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Two samples representing the Moslem and Christian communities of Jordan were examined for the polymorphic serum proteins AHSG, BF, FXIIIB, GC, HP, PI, PLG, and TF. The results revealed similar allele distributions, and low interpopulation differentiation (G_sτ = 0.0004) between the two communities. The low HP*1S (< 0.12) allele frequencies and the comparatively high PLG*B ( 0.40) and BF*S.07 (≅0.05) frequencies are characteristic of the populations of this region.

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“…(Bayoumi et al, 1979;Banerjee et al, 1981, Saha and Banerjee, 1986, Hamza et al, 1976, although isolates of Shiati Arabs from eastern Saudi Arabia have a high Hbs frequency (Lehmann et al, 1963, Goedde et al, 1979. The Nubians of southern Egypt and northern Sudan also do not seem to possess HbS (Awny et al, 1965;Azim et al, 1974;Bertin et al, 1978).…”

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Some blood genetic markers of the Nuba and Hawazma tribes of Western Sudan

Bayoumi

Saha

1987

American J Phys Anthropol

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Two hundred eighty subjects comprising 112 Nuba and 168 Hawazma of the Sudan were tested for the distribution of hemoglobins, eight red cell enzymes, and four serum proteins. The Nuba, the indigenous negroid tribe, had no HbS, HbO-Arab, or GdB(Khartoum) compared to the Hawazma tribe of Negro-Arab descent. The gene frequencies of the above polymorphic systems in the latter were as follows: HbS, 0.13; HbO-Arab, 0.01; GdB(Khartoum), 0.03. The frequency of GdA was higher in the Hawazma than in the Nuba. A high frequency of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency and HpO was present in both the tribes. Essentially similar gene frequencies of Hp1, TfD, PGDC, pC, and PGM1 were observed in both Nuba and Hawazma. The average heterozygosity at five polymorphic loci was the same (0.23) in both the tribes. The above results agree with the social practice whereby people of mixed Hawazma and Nuba descent are considered members of the Hawazma tribe and confirm that racial admixture between the two groups can be seen as a process of gene flow from the Nuba to the Hawazma, even though the Nuba are the indigenous group, while the Hawazma are the new settlers.

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A Study of Some Blood Genetic Characteristics of Bedouin and Non-Bedouin Arabs of Jordan

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Genetic study of the population of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain): Protein markers and review of classical polymorphisms

Genetic study of the population of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain): Protein markers and review of classical polymorphisms

Genetic Differentiation of Jordanian Moslems and Christians

Some blood genetic markers of the Nuba and Hawazma tribes of Western Sudan

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