Article
ABO and Rh blood groups in the Outer Hebrides.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000
Clegg E J
Abstract excerpt
ABO and Rh (D--,dd) phenotype frequencies and gene frequencies are reported on 1547 pregnant women from different populations in the Outer Hebrides. There was significant heterogeneity of ABO gene frequencies in the Isle of Lewis, but not in or between other populations. More heterogeneity was apparent at the Rh locus, significant amounts being present between the populations of rural Lewis, between Lewis and...
Topics
- ABO Blood-Group System
- Adult
- Anthropology, Physical
- Emigration and Immigration
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Hebrides
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Population Dynamics
- Pregnancy
- Religion
