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Blood group O alleles in Native Americans: implications in the peopling of the Americas.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 May 2010
Estrada-Mena Benito, Estrada F Javier, Ulloa-Arvizu Raúl, Guido Miriam, Méndez Rocío, Coral Ramón, Canto Thelma, Granados Julio, Rubí-Castellanos Rodrigo, Rangel-Villalobos Héctor, García-Carrancá Alejandro
Abstract excerpt
All major ABO blood alleles are found in most populations worldwide, whereas the majority of Native Americans are nearly exclusively in the O group. O allele molecular characterization could aid in elucidating the possible causes of group O predominance in Native American populations. In this work, we studied exon 6 and 7 sequence diversity in 180 O blood group individuals from four different Mesoamerican...
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