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ASPM (Gene) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

ASPM (Gene) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "A new allele (version) of ASPM appeared sometime between 14,100 and 500 years ago with a mean estimate of 5,800 years ago. The new allele has a frequency of about 50% in populations of the Middle East and Europe, it is less frequent in East Asia, and has low frequencies among Sub-Saharan African populations.[4] It is also found with an unusually high percentage among the peoples of Papua New Guinea, with a 59.4% occurrence.[5]"