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Blood Groups of Anthropoids

Nature volume 146, page 652 (1940)Cite this article

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CANDELA1has collected previous data on the blood grouping of 137 anthropoids, and added 11 more of his own, based on urine tests. 99 of the animals are chimpanzees, in which only groups O and A have so far been found. In the orang, gorilla, and several gibbon species all members belong to groups A, B or AB. This distribution in them is shown in the accompanying table.

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  1. Candela, P. B., Amer. J. Phys. Anthrop., 27, 2 (1940).

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    J. B. S. HALDANE

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HALDANE, J. Blood Groups of Anthropoids. Nature 146, 652 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146652a0

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