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To: ken21

Thanks. Here's a semi-relevant sidebar.

The human blood type genes are on chromosome nine. Type A seems to be the fountainhead, as the codominant B sequence is similar to A, and is about 15 per cent of the world population, while A is approximately 40 per cent. Type O is otherwise identical with the sequence for A, just missing the first base pair. Also there is something called (I think) Bombay syndrome, which is nearly the same as A, and tests positive for A using common blood tests, but isn't quite compatible, so an A transfusion will kill someone with Bombay syndrome.

Kind of a "gotcha".

There is also the MN family, which resides in the same chromosome, but isn't part of the ABO family. Not a huge percentage of the world population has it. M and N are codominant within that system, and I'm not sure what happens with the (probably rare) intermarriages with ABO people.


16 posted on 07/03/2005 3:14:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ('Power corrupts and PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.' -- Vint Cerf)
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To: SunkenCiv
...and then, we have:

The Blue People Of Troublesome Creek

"What he got from Martin Fugate was dark blue skin. "It was almost purple," his father recalls."

18 posted on 07/03/2005 3:21:43 PM PDT by blam
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To: SunkenCiv

Is this prevalent among people who live on the edge of civilization, remnant types. If you look at remnant types they have a tendency to have odd markers.


19 posted on 07/03/2005 3:24:09 PM PDT by Little Bill (A 37%'r, a Red Spot on a Blue State, rats are evil.)
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To: SunkenCiv

My appearance, my known heritage, and my blood type (B) do not corelate well. I guess my redhaired neandertal roots are showing.


22 posted on 07/03/2005 3:28:33 PM PDT by ValerieUSA
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