Carbonic Anhydrase II Polymorphism in Africa

1 January 1972

journal article
research article
Published by S. Karger AG in Human Heredity

Vol. 22 (5) , 539-541
https://doi.org/10.1159/000152535

Abstract

The frequency of variant high activity human redcell carbonic anhydrase allele (CA IIh) has been examined in fourAfrican populations.The CA IIh gene frequency ranged from zero to 0.123 with amean overall value of 0.105.

Keywords

CARBONIC ANHYDRASE
CA II LOCUS
VARIANT ISOZYME
AFRICAN NEGROES