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| Fontes,Aparecida Maria; Kashima,Simone; Bonfim-Silva,Ricardo; Azevedo,Rochele; Abraham,Kuruvilla Joseph; Albuquerque,Sérgio Roberto Lopes; Bordin,José Orlando; Langhi Júnior,Dante Mário; Covas,Dimas Tadeu. |
| Complement receptor 1 (CR1) gene polymorphisms that are associated with Knops blood group antigens may influence the binding of Plasmodium parasites to erythrocytes, thereby affecting susceptibility to malaria. The aim of this study was to evaluate the genotype and allele and haplotype frequencies of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of Knops blood group antigens and examine their association with susceptibility to malaria in an endemic area of Brazil. One hundred and twenty-six individuals from the Brazilian Amazon were studied. The CR1-genomic fragment was amplified by PCR and six SNPs and haplotypes were identified after DNA sequence analysis. Allele and haplotype frequencies revealed that the Kn b allele and H8 haplotype were possibly associated... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Brazilian Amazon population; CR1 haplotypes; Knops blood group polymorphism; Malaria. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572011000400002 |
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| Francez,Pablo Abdon da Costa; Rodrigues,Elzemar Martins Ribeiro; Frazão,Gleycianne Furtado; Borges,Nathalia Danielly dos Reis; Santos,Sidney Emanuel Batista dos. |
| The allelic frequencies of 12 short tandem repeat loci were obtained from a sample of 307 unrelated individuals living in Macapá, a city in the northern Amazon region, Brazil. These loci are the most commonly used in forensics and paternity testing. Based on the allele frequency obtained for the population of Macapá, we estimated an interethnic admixture for the three parental groups (European, Native American and African) of, respectively, 46%, 35% and 19%. Comparing these allele frequencies with those of other Brazilian populations and of the Iberian Peninsula population, no significant distances were observed. The interpopulation genetic distances (F ST coefficients) to the present database ranged from F ST = 0.0016 between Macapá and Belém to F ST =... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Allelic frequencies; Brazilian Amazon population; Interethnic admixture. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572011000100007 |
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