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Phosphoglucomutase locus 3 (PGM3) phenotypes have been examined in placental samples from a total of 532 Italian subjects. The PGM3 similarity in some different ethnic groups excludes this polymorphism from the useful anthropological markers.
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Corbo, R.M., Palmarino, R., Spennati, G.F. et al. Human placental phosphoglucomutase locus 3 studies in the Italian population. Jap J Human Genet 25, 325–328 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01901734
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