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Gm and Km alleles in two Spanish Pyrenean populations (Andorra and Pallars Sobirà): a review of Gm variation in the Western Mediterranean basin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2002

M. P. GIRALDO
Affiliation:
Unitat d'Antropologia, Departament de Biologia Animal, Vegetal i Ecologia, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Barcelona, Spain
E. ESTEBAN
Affiliation:
Unitat d'Antropologia, Departament de Biologia Animal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
M. P. ALUJA
Affiliation:
Unitat d'Antropologia, Departament de Biologia Animal, Vegetal i Ecologia, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Barcelona, Spain
R. M. NOGUÉS
Affiliation:
Unitat d'Antropologia, Departament de Biologia Animal, Vegetal i Ecologia, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès), Barcelona, Spain
CH. BACKÉS-DURÓ
Affiliation:
Hospital Nostra Senyora de Meritxell, Andorra la Vella, Andorra
J. M. DUGOUJON
Affiliation:
Centre d'Anthropologie UMR855, Toulouse, France
P. MORAL
Affiliation:
Unitat d'Antropologia, Departament de Biologia Animal, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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Abstract

Two Spanish eastern Pyrenean populations, Andorra and Pallars Sobirà, have been tested for G1m(1,2,3,17), G2m(23), G3m(5,6,10,11,13,14,15,16,21,24,28) and Km(1) immunoglobulin allotypes. Km allele and Gm haplotype frequencies in both samples fit well into the Western Mediterranean and, more strictly, Pyrenean ranges with some peculiarities: Andorra showed an elevated frequency (14.7%) of the typical Asian and European Gm21,28;1,2,17;.. haplotype, while Pallars Sobirà was characterized by high values (3.7%) of Gm5*;1,17;.., a typical sub-Saharan Gm haplotype. Gm diversity assessed through genetic distance and variance analyses revealed a significant geographic partition (4.3%) of Mediterraneans among south, north-east, and north-west groups. It is interesting to note the relatively low genetic variance (2.1%) found between south and north-western Mediterraneans that could reflect ancient population relationships. More locally, genetic boundaries and diversity analyses failed to indicate any geographic pattern and/or genetic differentiation related with the political border in the Pyrenees. The present pattern of variation in this area is probably the result of genetic isolation processes, in addition to some specific demographic phenomena, in the Pyrenean valleys.

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Research Article
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© University College London 2001

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