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The Abantu phenotype in the ABO blood group system is due to a splice-site mutation in a hybrid between a new O1-like allelic lineage and the A2 allele.
Vox sanguinis - 1 May 2005
Hosseini-Maaf B, Smart E, Chester M A, Olsson M L
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Many phenotypic variations in the expression of blood group A have been explained by variations in gene structure, but unresolved samples are frequently encountered in the reference laboratory. Among ABO subgroups, A(bantu) has the highest frequency in a specified population. The molecular basis of this phenotype is now described. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Blood from Black donors...
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