title: A Polynesian family showing co-dominant inheritance of normal glycophorin C and the Gerbich variant form of glycophorin C.
abstract: Two individuals with the rare Ge:-2-3,4 phenotype (Gerbich type of Gerbich negative) were identified in a family of Polynesian descent who reside in the Cook Islands. In initial serologic tests, all other family members typed as Ge-positive, and heterozygous individuals could not be identified. Further studies on blood samples from seven members of this Polynesian family by immunoblotting and hemagglutination tests on trypsin-treated red blood cells showed that normal glycophorin C and the product of the Gerbich allele were inherited in an autosomal dominant manner.
authors.affiliation: Immumhematology Laboratory, New York Blood Center, 310 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Poole
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Liew
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pinder