More than half of the ancient Basque population was Rh Negative
This post is a continuum and move from This guy claims it: http://mathii.github.io/2017/09/21/blood-groups-in-ancient-europe This high frequency in Europe has long been surprising because the Rh- phenotype has an obviously deleterious effect. In particular, if an Rh- mother has an Rh+ child (because the child inherited a Rh+ allele from its father), then it’s possible for the mother to produce antibodies against the Rh+ antigen leading to haemolytic disease and severe illness for the child. There are three common explanations for the high frequency of the Rh- allele. First, there might be some (unknown) beneficial effect of the Rh-allele. Effects like this related to malaria resistance are what drive the high frequencies of the sickle cell trait and many thalassemias. On … Continue reading More than half of the ancient Basque population was Rh Negative
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