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THE human blood-group system called Kidd was discovered in 1951 by Allen, Diamond and Niedziela1, who found an antibody, anti-Jka, which distinguished two phenotypes, Jk(a+) and Jk(a−). Family investigations2 showed that the antigen Jka is inherited and that the gene Jka is capable of expressing itself in single and in double dose; the existence of an allelomorphic gene Jkb was assumed. In tests on 390 unrelated persons2, the phenotype frequencies were Jk(a+) 76.92 per cent and Jk(a−) 23.08 per cent, from which the following gene and genotype frequencies were calculated:
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PLAUT, G., IKIN, E., MOURANT, A. et al. A New Blood-Group Antibody, Anti-Jkb. Nature 171, 431 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171431a0
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