This study presents the results of an examination of 3 blood-group
systems (ABO, Rhesus, and P1) and erythrocyte enzymes (ADA, AK, ALADH, PGD,
SAHH, PGM1, PGM3, GPT, GOT, ACP, UMPK, ESD and GLO) in populations that
reside in R. Macedonia. Four population samples from the Republic of Macedonia (129
Macedonians from Skopje, 98 Albanians from Skopje, 95 Aromanians from Kruševo,
102 Aromanians from Štip) were included in the study. A comparison of the obtained
results with data from literature on other Balkan populations has been made. The results
of the comparison of the studied alleles indicate relatively small genetic distances among
the studied populations. The obtained dendrograms indicate a larger homogeneity in the
large Balkan populations, and a manifest trend of separating the Aromanian population
of the Štip region. A larger separation is characteristic in the Greek population of Thrace.