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G Brittenham, B Lozoff, JW Harris, YW Kan, AM Dozy and NV Nayudu
Restriction endonuclease analysis was used to test a proposed genetic model
using alpha-globin gene number to account for the observed distributions of
the proportions of hemoglobin (Hb) S in sickle cell trait. In a subsample
of specimens collected during a population survey in India, these studies
confirmed that the postulated genotype was present in 22 of the 23
individuals examined. In the study population, the number of alpha-globin
genes explains about 90% of the variance in the proportion of HbS in sickle
cell trait (r2 = 0.895, p less than 10(- 10)).
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