Genetic variation in some Oxfordshire villages

Ann Hum Biol. 1977 May;4(3):197-210. doi: 10.1080/03014467700007082.

Abstract

The patterns of serological polymorphic variety in a group of Oxfordshire populations are related to previously made demographic predictions that the different villages and social classes might be expected to be genetically homogeneous if movement were the main factor determining genetic structure. The predictions are largely fulfilled though there remains a residual pattern of variety which is detectable when all the systems tested are considered together by "genetic distance" examination, and in the case of the geographic variation this pattern reflects the comparative magnitude of the exchanges between the different villages.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Acid Phosphatase / blood
  • Adenosine Deaminase / blood
  • Blood Group Antigens
  • Blood Proteins / analysis
  • England
  • Erythrocytes / enzymology
  • Gene Frequency
  • Genetic Variation*
  • Heterozygote
  • Humans
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Phenotype
  • Phosphoglucomutase / blood
  • Rural Population*
  • Social Class
  • Social Mobility

Substances

  • Blood Group Antigens
  • Blood Proteins
  • Acid Phosphatase
  • Adenosine Deaminase
  • Phosphoglucomutase