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Science 23 January 1959:
Vol. 129. no. 3343, p. 216
DOI: 10.1126/science.129.3343.216
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Hemoglobin Patterns in American Indians

W. S. POLLITZER 1, A. I. CHERNOFF 2, L. L. HORTON 3, and M. FROEHLICH 4

1 Department of Anatomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2 Department of Medicine, Duke University, and Veterans Administration Hospital, Durham, North Carolina
3 Veterans Administration Hospital, Durham
4 Duke University School of Medicine, Durham

Two populations of North Carolina have been analyzed for hemoglobin patterns by paper electrophoresis. Of 534 Cherokee Indians, both mixed and full bloods, all showed normal hemoglobin. Lumbee Indians of less certain ethnic status had 1.7 percent of hemoglobin S, an equal amount of hemoglobin C, and one possible hemoglobin D trait among 1332 bloods studied.


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