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ABO blood groups in a natural population of black‐handed tamarins ( Saguinus midas niger )
Author(s) -
Schneider Horacio,
Hamel Maria Lucia Harada,
De Oliveira Corvelo Tereza Cristina
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330720105
Subject(s) - abo blood group system , population , black african , biology , allele , immunology , medicine , genetics , gene , history , ethnology , environmental health
Eighty‐one black‐handed tamarins from the Tucurui region were tested for human type ABO blood groups by salivary inhibition tests. Eleven belonged to the A group, 45 to B, and 25 to AB. The serum samples were tested for the presence of agglutinins having specificities like those of humans. The ABO system appeared to be polymorphic, with three alleles occurring at the following frequencies: A = 0.26, B = 0.66, and O = 0.08. The observed distribution fitted the expected on the basis of Hardy‐Weinberg equilibrium.