The M-N--V-A-B-D blood group system of chimpanzee and other apes: serology and genetics.

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The M-N--V-A-B-D blood group system of chimpanzee and other apes: serology and genetics.

Journal of medical primatology - 1 Jan 1993

Socha W W, Moor-Jankowski J

Abstract excerpt

Poly- and monoclonal anti-M and anti-N reagents detect on the red cells of anthropoid apes the M and/or N antigens which are similar to, but not identical with human M and N. A series of V-A-B-D specificities, closely related to the M-N system, are recognized on ape red blood cells by chimpanzee...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Blood Group Antigens
Blood Grouping and Crossmatching
Hominidae
Humans
MNSs Blood-Group System
Models, Genetic
Pan troglodytes
Species Specificity

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