Migration and Changes in ABO and Rh Blood Group Clines in Britain

Document Type

Article

Authors

C G.N Mascie-Taylor, University of Cambridge
G W. Lasker, Wayne State University

Abstract

The force of internal migration toward national genetic homo' geneity is seen in a cohort of 8850 British women who were ABO and Rh (+ or —) typed and located by residence in one of 40 county or county- group areas in England, Scotland and Wales in 1958 and again in 1974. The dines of phenotype frequencies of types O, A, B + AB and Rh— were plotted by polynomial regression on easting (longitude) and northing (lati­tude) and show a persistent heterogeneity but with statistically significant inter-regional shifts that account for the slightly flatter clinal curves for some of the geographic distributions after 16 years.

Recommended Citation

Mascie-Taylor, C G.N and Lasker, G W. (1987) "Migration and Changes in ABO and Rh Blood Group Clines in Britain," Human Biology: Vol. 59: Iss. 2, Article 14.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol59/iss2/14