Genetics and Molecular Biology (Jan 2004)

(TTTA)n polymorphism of CYP19 (aromatase gene) in Euro- and Afro-Brazilians

  • Kátia Kvitko,
  • Janice Corrêa de Barros Nunes,
  • Mara Helena Hutz

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1415-47572004000300005
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 3
pp. 335 – 336

Abstract

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We investigated the polymorphic tetranucleotide repeat (TTTA)n located in the fourth intron of the CYP19 gene in two Brazilian populations. The frequencies of the five common alleles (A) in Euro- and Afro-Brazilians were, respectively: seven repeats (A5), 0.586 and 0.80; eight repeats (A4), 0.092 and 0.06; nine repeats (A3), 0.014 and 0.01; eleven repeats (A2), 0.284 and 0.09; twelve repeats (A1), 0.021 and 0.04. In addition, one Euro-Brazilian individual had a rare allele with 13 repeats. The allelic frequencies in Euro- and Afro-Brazilians differed statistically (p < 10-3). The two samples were found to be in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (p = 0,828 and p = 0,995).

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