Population Genetic Studies on Nine Aboriginal Ethnic Groups of Taiwan. I. Red Cell Enzyme Systems

Feng Jin; Naruya Saitou; Takafum Ishida; Cheih-Shan Sun; I-Hung Pan; Keiichi Omoto; Satoshi Hora

doi:10.1537/ase.107.229

Feng Jin, Naruya Saitou, Takafum Ishida, Cheih-Shan Sun, I-Hung Pan, Keiichi Omoto, Satoshi Hora

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Keywords: Taiwan, Red cell enzyme polymorphism, Gaoshan, IEF Method

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1999 Volume 107 Issue 3 Pages 229-246

DOI https://doi.org/10.1537/ase.107.229

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Abstract

Population genetic study of nine aboriginal ethnic groups of Taiwan(Ami, Atayal, Bunun, Paiwan, Puyuma, Rukai, Saisiat, Tsou, and Yami) wascarried out. Twelve red cell enzymes (AcP, AK, CA1, CA2, EsD, GLO, GPT, GOT, LDH, MDH, PGD, and PGM1) were analyzed by isoelectric focusingmethod and starch gel electrophoretic method. Six loci (AcP, EsD, GLO, GPT, PGD, and PGM1) were polymorphic. Three alleles (PGM1*6, GPT*6, andEsD*7) were in relatively higher allele frequencies in Taiwan aboriginalpopulations, and we found homozygotes for those alleles. Phylogenetic relationshipbased on genetic distances among those ethnic groups more or less fit to theirgeographical distribution, but not to linguistic classification.

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