Wd(a+) red blood cells in two sisters of a Hei//om Khoisan family in Namibia.
Two sisters in a Hei//om family of the southern African Khoisan race in Namibia were found to have Wd(a+) red blood cells. Wda is a low-frequency antigen identified so far only in a European family in Canada and a family in Holland. The Wda gene may have had an independent origin in the Khoisan. Alternatively, the Hei//om population may have acquired it through miscegenation.
Moores
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Natal Blood Transfusion Service, Durban, South Africa.
Smart
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Marks
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Botha
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D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D010375:Pedigree
D001789:Blood Group Antigens