title: A study of phenotypic arrays derived from seven genetic systems in an Australian population sample.
abstract: The phenotypic arrays for seven erythrocyte antigenic systems of a sample of the Melbourne population were found to be distributed according to Zipf's Law. A simple model of heterozygote selective advantage was unable to account for the excess of observed frequencies of arrays over those expected under the random-mating hypothesis. Persons with (ccDEe, MMss) were over-represented and those with (A1, MNSs P1--) were under-represented in the sample.
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D005260:Female; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D001789:Blood Group Antigens