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A note on the presence of blood groups A and B in pre‐Columbian South America

  • Universidad de Chile

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Abstract

The results of ABO typing in Chilean mummies, a review of published South American paleoserological studies and a systematic discrepancy of admixture estimates based on ABO and Gm genes support the hypothesis that Andean pre‐Columbian populations possessed the A (and perhaps the B) gene in small frequencies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)107-111
Number of pages5
JournalAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology
Volume75
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1988
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • ABO blood groups
  • Bacterial contamination
  • Chilean mummies

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