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Genetic Markers and Anthropometry in the Populations of the Egyptian Oases of El-Kharga and El-Dakhla

1974; Karger Publishers; Volume: 24; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1159/000152659

1423-0062

Osaïma Selim, K. Kamel, Aida Abdel Azim, F. Gaballah, F. Sabry, W. Ibrahim, Nadia Moafy, Kirk C. Hoerman,

Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

The populations of two Western Desert Egyptian oases have been studied for various genetic markers of the blood and some anthropological characters. Hb AS was found in 9%. Blood group frequencies were similar in both oases; 10.2% were RhD-negative, G-6-PD deficiency was found in 7.5 %; GdA had a frequency of 1 % in El-Kharga and 16% in El-Dakhla; PGDC was 5.5% in El-Kharga and 6.2 % in El-Dakhla. All individuals examined were homozygous for AK1; acid phosphatase gene frequencies in El-Kharga were Pa = 0.1475, Pc = 0.0164, Pr= 0.0164; in El-Dakhla, Pa = 0.0667, Pc = 0.00, Pr = 0.0333; in El-Kharga the Hp gene had a frequency of 0.4415, Hpo-o = 8.29%; in El-Dakhla, Hp1 had a frequency of 0.3245, Hpo-o = 3.39%. The information provided points to a mixture of Caucasian and negroid features in the populations studied. The negroid influence is more marked in the El-Dakhla oasis. Head measurements show that El-Kharga males reveal more Caucasoid stock and are closer to the Upper Egyptians than most populations of the neighboring oases.