Studies of blood group antigens in Aka Pygmies

Studies of blood group antigens in Aka Pygmies

A sample of 320 Aka pygmies was studied for ABO, Rhesus, Kell, Duffy Kidd, MNSs, Lutheran and Colton blood group antigens. The results show that the Aka pygmies have the blood group characteristics of black people: a high frequency of R o haplotype, a high proportion of U negative, fy (a-b-) people,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of human evolution 1983-01, Vol.12 (4), p.361-366
Hauptverfasser: Rouger, Ph, Salmon, D., Ruffie, J., Salmon, Ch
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Sprache:eng
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Aka pygmies
blood groups
genetic analysis
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Zusammenfassung:A sample of 320 Aka pygmies was studied for ABO, Rhesus, Kell, Duffy Kidd, MNSs, Lutheran and Colton blood group antigens. The results show that the Aka pygmies have the blood group characteristics of black people: a high frequency of R o haplotype, a high proportion of U negative, fy (a-b-) people, a low frequency of K gene. All these results confirm that African pygmies can be considered as a very ancient population from Africa and possibly have a common origin with African people.
ISSN:0047-2484
1095-8606
DOI:10.1016/S0047-2484(83)80163-8