Abstract

Population frequencies of the two patterns of pepsinogen excretion (with and without pepsinogen 5) and family studies indicate that pepsinogen 5 is controlled by a pair of genes, Pg a and Pg b , at a single autosomal locus and that Pg a is dominant.

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PepsinGeneticsLocus (genetics)BiologyPopulationGeneFamily studiesMedicineBiochemistryEnzyme

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Year
1970
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article
Volume
168
Issue
3927
Pages
144-145
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81
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I. Michael Samloff, Philip L. Townes (1970). Pepsinogens: Genetic Polymorphism in Man. Science , 168 (3927) , 144-145. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.168.3927.144

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10.1126/science.168.3927.144