Molecular analysis of the O alleles at the blood group ABO locus in populations of different ethnic origin reveals novel crossing-over events and point mutations.

doi:10.1006/bbrc.1997.6713

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Molecular analysis of the O alleles at the blood group ABO locus in populations of different ethnic origin reveals novel crossing-over events and point mutations.

Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 29 May 1997

Olsson M L, Guerreiro J F, Zago M A, Chester M A

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The blood group ABO genotypes of 138 group O individuals with three different ethnic origins in Brazil were determined, including Whites, Blacks and Amerindians. Several previously undescribed O alleles were found, predominantly in the Black group, in which about a third of the samples did not co...

Topics

ABO Blood-Group System
Alleles
Brazil
Crossing Over, Genetic
Ethnicity
Humans
Point Mutation

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