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Science 26 November 1965:
Vol. 150. no. 3700, pp. 1158 - 1160
DOI: 10.1126/science.150.3700.1158
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Gamma-Globulin Factors (Gm and Inv) in New Guinea: Anthropological Significance

Eugene Giles 1, Eugene Ogan 2, and Arthur G. Steinberg 3

1 Department of Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana
2 Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
3 Department of Biology, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

Analysis of the hereditary Gm and Inv ggr-globulin factors of 1669 New Guineans from the Morobe and Eastern Highlands districts and Bougainville Island demonstrates thatthe frequencies of the three Gm alleles present (Gma, GMab, and Gmax) are similar in general to those in Mongoloids and in particular to those in Southeast Asians and Micronesians. The New Guinea frequencies are distinct from those in other populations, including Australian aborigines. Highly significant differences in frequencies of Gm and Inv alleles occur between Melanesian-and non-Austronesian-speaking New Guineans.

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