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BLOOD groups were determined years ago by Rahm in two tribes of Tierra del Fuego. In Onas, prevalence of group O was found, as in American Indians in general ; but out of 33 Yámanas (Yáhgans) only three were stated to belong to group O, and thirty to group B1. On account of this extraordinary finding, we decided to examine blood groups in these two tribes and in that of the Alakalufs living in the zone of the Tierra del Fuegan channels and never before studied as to their blood groups. This work was urgent as these three tribes are on the way to extinction.
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Rahm, G., Rev. Instit. Bacteriol. de Chile, 18 (1931).
Lipschutz, A., "El Indoamericanismo y el Problema Racial en las Américas", 2nd edit. (Nascimento, Santiago de Chile, 1944).
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LIPSCHUTZ, A., MOSTNY, G., ROBIN, L. et al. Blood Groups in Tribes of Tierra del Fuego and their Bearing on Ethnic and Genetic Relationships. Nature 157, 696–697 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157696c0
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