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Data on the Rh(D) types of 2,745,618 individuals were collected from prefectural health departments, health centers, and Red Cross blood centers in 35 of 47 prefectures in the whole country. Phenotypic and gene frequencies for each subpopulations were calculated and tabulated.
The frequency of Rh(D) negatives in the whole sample is 0.5428% and the frequency of the Rh(D) negative gene is estimated to be 7.37±0.03%. An insignificant cline of the frequencies is suggested,i.e. the Rh(D) negative gene is increased from the northeast to the southwest of Japan.
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This study was supported by the Scientific Research Grant from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan No. 037020 in 1975, and No. 137071 in 1976 and 1977.
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Fujita, Y., Tanaka, K. & Tanimura, M. The distribution of the Rh(D) blood types in Japan. Jap J Human Genet 23, 197–209 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01872469
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