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A Bantu schoolgirl is the first non-Caucasoid found homozygous for the "silent" cholinesterase gene. Investigation of her family revealed two heterozygotes. The propositus possesses no antibody to normal cholinesterase. Transfused cholinesterase had in her a half-life of approximately 10 days.
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Jenkins et al. (1967) studied this question.
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