Abstract
A NEW human blood group antigen has recently been reported1. The antibody is called anti-Jka; it divides Europeans into two phenotypes, Jk(a+) and Jk(a−). The frequency of the antigen is the same in London as in Boston, Mass. 
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RACE, R., SANGER, R., ALLEN, F. et al. Inheritance of the Human Blood Group Antigen Jka. Nature 168, 207–208 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168207a0
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