Variability of the Rh system in a central Pyrenean population (Aran Valley)
Nogues, R.M.; Aluja, M.P.; Malgosa, A.; Mas, J.
Gene Geography a Computerized Bulletin on Human Gene Frequencies 6(1-2): 97-108
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0394-249X PMID: 1299320 Document Number: 396833
This work describes the results of a survey on the Rhesus system carried out in the autochthonous population of Aran Valley, a small and rather isolated region on the Northern side of the Central Pyrenees. Also, a comparison is made with other geographically and historically related populations in order to discuss the data in terms of the historical origin of this population. The data obtained shows a good agreement between observed and expected values in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The Aranese population also reveals some peculiarities concerning some haplotypes. The comparison with European and non European Mediterranean populations shows a clear genetic distance from Basque populations, and a relative proximity with presumably Celtic ones.