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Scalp hair follicles from a subject heterozygous for an electrophoretically fast-moving G6PD variant were examined by using microvertical polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Twenty-five or 35 hair bulbs and 17 of 35 outer sheaths showed only one G6PD type, B or C. Thus it is desirable to examine only the hair bulb for the detection of heterozygote of the electrophoretic G6PD variant.
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Yamamura, Ki., Ogita, Zi. & Miwa, S. Utilization of hair bulbs for the detection of heterozygotes of the electrophoretic G6PD variant. Jap J Human Genet 23, 371–375 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01908191
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