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The authors studied the phenotypic distribution of α-L-fucosidase in a random sample of the population of the area of Rennes (France). The frequencies of Fu 1 (0.64) and Fu 2 (0.36) genes are significantly different from the frequencies observed in New York whites and blacks.
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Trinh-Dinh-Khoi, I., Glaise, D., Le Treut, A. et al. Genetic polymorphism of α-L-fucosidase in brittany (France). Hum Genet 51, 293–296 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00283397
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