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DURING our current genetic study of the Australian Aborigine of the Western Desert of Western Australia, we have been able to determine the blood groups of a small sample of people living on the Seventh Day Adventist Mission at Wiluna, about 100 miles east of Meekatharra. A preliminary report is given here; the full population has not yet been sampled. Forty-four persons of mixed sexes and ages, of full blood Aboriginal stock, were sampled and tested for ABO, MNS, Rhesus, P, Lutheran (Lub), Lewis, Kidd and Vel types.
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SCOTT, I., SCOTT, M. Blood Groups of some Australian Aborigines of the Western Desert. Nature 212, 545 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212545a0
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