Melbourne Population Research Articles

A study of phenotypic arrays derived from seven genetic systems in an Australian population sample.

The phenotypic arrays for seven erythrocyte antigenic systems of a sample of the Melbourne population were found to be distributed according to Zipf's Law. A simple model of heterozygote selective advantage was unable to account for the excess of observed frequencies of arrays over those expected under the random-mating hypothesis. Persons with (ccDEe, MMss) were over-represented and those with (A1, MNSs P1--) were under-represented in the sample.

A Follow-Up Of Mentally Retarded Young Adults By J. Krupinski, A. Mackenzie, E. Meredith, and A. Stoller. (Pp. 29. Price not stated). Mental Health Authority: Victoria, Australia. 1973. - Drug Use By The Young Population Of Melbourne By J. Krupinski and A. Stoller. (Pp. 181. Price not stated). Mental Health Authority: Victoria, Australia. 1973.

A Follow-Up Of Mentally Retarded Young Adults By J. Krupinski, A. Mackenzie, E. Meredith, and A. Stoller. (Pp. 29. Price not stated). Mental Health Authority: Victoria, Australia. 1973. - Drug Use By The Young Population Of Melbourne By J. Krupinski and A. Stoller. (Pp. 181. Price not stated). Mental Health Authority: Victoria, Australia. 1973.

Book Review: Drug Use by the Young Population of Melbourne

Book Review: <b>Drug Use by the Young Population of Melbourne</b>

A sex-dependent difference in the haptoglobin distributions of some Australian urban population samples, with a note on the method of haldane for estimating the significance of the logarithm of a ratio of frequencies.

SummaryFrequencies of plasma haptoglobin phenotypes of a sample of the Melbourne population with a wide age range were compared with those reported for two other Australian cities, Perth and Sydney. When the samples were combined, the proportion of females possessing type 2·1 (50·7%) exceeded that of males (44·9%). Statistical analysis of the data demonstrated the significance of the sex difference at the 3% level. It was possible to exclude the participation of age‐releterd factors from this finding.