Linkage Relations of the Loci for Kell and Phenylthiocarbamide Taste Sensitivity

1 January 1976

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

Vol. 26 (4) , 267-271
https://doi.org/10.1159/000152813

Abstract

Linkage analysis of Kell:PTC loci demonstrates close linkage, Θ = 0.045 with a lod score of 10.78. The results, which include the Sutter blood group, support the hypothesis that Sutter is a part of the Kell system.

Keywords

LINKAGE
KELL BLOOD GROUPS
SUTTER BLOOD GROUP
PTC

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