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The Red Cell Acid Phosphatase Polymorphism in Sweden: Gene Frequencies and Application to Disputed Paternity1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

P. Broman
Affiliation:
Department of Forensic-Anthropological Genetics, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
R. Grundin*
Affiliation:
Department of Forensic-Anthropological Genetics, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
P. E. Lins
Affiliation:
Department of Forensic-Anthropological Genetics, Institute of Forensic Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
*
Institute of Forensic Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, S-104 01 Stockholm 60, Sweden

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Red cell acid phosphatase phenotypes were determined in 517 unrelated persons from Sweden (317 men, 200 women). The observed gene frequencies were pA = 0.372; pB = 0.558; pC = 0.070.

Experiences in 101 cases of disputed paternity with 167 men involved are reported. On grounds of red cell acid phosphatase phenotypes, ig men (in 18 cases) could be excluded.

In all 112 mother-child combinations studied the distributions of phenotypes were in agreement with the genetical hypothesis suggested by Hopkinson et al (1963).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1971

Footnotes

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This work has been supported by a grant from the Nathorst Foundation.

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