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THE presence of the Dia blood group antigen among various Indian tribes native to South and Central America has been well established, the incidence ranging from 3.7 to 45.8 per cent. Rare exceptions are the two documented groups where no Di(a+) examples have been demonstrated1,2. In North American Indians it has been found in 10.8 per cent of Chippewas of northern Minnesota3, 8.6 per cent of Crees of northern Manitoba4, 6.0 per cent of Bloods of southern Alberta5, 0.35 per cent of Athabascans of Alaska6, 5.6 per cent of Penobscots of Maine7 and 0.00 per cent of Cherokees of Oklahoma8.
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MOHN, J., LAMBERT, R. & ZMIJEWSKI, C. Incidence of the Blood Group Antigen Dia in the Tuscarora Indians of North America. Nature 198, 697–698 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198697a0
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