A Comparison of the Fast Migrating Gc-Variant of Australian Aborigines, New Guinean Indigenes, South African Bantu, and Black Americans

Abstract

The fast migrating Gc variant of Australianaborigines, New Guinean indigenes, South African Bantu, andblack Americans, has been compared by immunoelectrophoresis, gel electrophoresis in polyacrylamide and starch, and byantigen-antibody-crossed electrophoresis. No differences weredetectable by immunoelectrophoresis or gel electrophoresisand only slight and probably insignificant differences by antigen-antibody-crossed electrophoresis. It is probable that the fast migrating Gc variant of these four populations represents the same mutation.Introduction