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So far, sixteen electrophoretically distinguishable transferrin variants have been distinguished by means of starch-gel electrophoresis1,2. Observations on the frequency and distribution of the variants have been recently summarized by Giblett3. In all populations examined transferrin C is by far the most frequently encountered. Those variants which occur in a measurable gene frequency are usually restricted to certain populations. Transferrin D1 is widely distributed and has been reported most frequently in American and African Negroes. It has also been reported as occurring in New Guinea, Fiji, New Hebrides, Malaya, Thailand, Philippines, Formosa, Ceylon, India, Central and South America and Sweden.
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SHIM, BS. Occurrence of Transferrin D1 in Korea. Nature 203, 432 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203432a0
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