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Temporal evolution of the ABO allele frequencies in the Canary Islands: the impact of the European colonization.
Immunogenetics - 1 Sept 2009
Fregel Rosa, Betancor Eva, Suárez Nicolás M, Cabrera Vicente M, Pestano Jose, Larruga Jose M, González Ana M
Abstract excerpt
The indigenous Canary Islands population suffered a strong cultural and genetic impact when they were colonized by Europeans in the fifteenth century. The molecular analysis of the ABO blood group gene on aboriginal and seventeenth to eighteenth century remains confirms the demographic history of the islands depicted by previous archaeological, anthropological, and genetic studies. ABO allele frequencies clearly...
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