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ABO phenotype-protected reproduction based on human specific α1,2 L-fucosylation as explained by the Bombay type formation.
Immunobiology - 1 Nov 2018
Arend Peter
Abstract excerpt
The metabolic relationship between the formation of the ABO(H) blood group phenotype and human fertility is evident in the case of the (Oh) or Bombay blood type, which Charles Darwin would have interpreted as resulting from reduced male fertility in consanguinities, based on the history of his own family, the Darwin/Wedgwood Dynasty. The classic Bombay type occurs with the extremely rare, human-specific genotype...
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