Human heterozygosity: a new estimate

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1979 Dec;76(12):6500-4. doi: 10.1073/pnas.76.12.6500.

Abstract

Several hundred polypeptides from four human diploid fibroblast cell lines were compared by high-resolution two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and double-label autoradiography under conditions where allelic products that differ by a single charged amino acid would be distinguished. The average heterozygosity represented by this set of gene products appears to be less than 1% for changes involving charged amino acids.

MeSH terms

  • Black People
  • Heterozygote*
  • Humans
  • Isoelectric Point
  • Molecular Weight
  • Polymorphism, Genetic*
  • Proteins / genetics*
  • White People

Substances

  • Proteins