TY - JOUR
T1 - PART 6
T2 - The P Blood Group System: Genetic Adaptation to Helminthic Zoonoses
AU - Blangero, John
PY - 1982/1/1
Y1 - 1982/1/1
N2 - This paper suggests that the P2 allele of the P blood group system serves as an adaptation to a hypothesized Generalized Helminthic Antigenic Complex shared by many helminthic zoonoses. Since helminthic zoonoses are largely dependent on subsistence practices requiring animal contact, higher P2 frequencies should be observed where there is heavy dependence on such practices. Subsistence data and P2 gene frequencies for 187 groups are analyzed. Significant correlations betweén degree of dependence on animal-oriented subsistence practices and P2 frequencies support the hypothesis. Studies of this type may demonstrate the links between culture, infectious diseases, and genetic traits.
AB - This paper suggests that the P2 allele of the P blood group system serves as an adaptation to a hypothesized Generalized Helminthic Antigenic Complex shared by many helminthic zoonoses. Since helminthic zoonoses are largely dependent on subsistence practices requiring animal contact, higher P2 frequencies should be observed where there is heavy dependence on such practices. Subsistence data and P2 gene frequencies for 187 groups are analyzed. Significant correlations betweén degree of dependence on animal-oriented subsistence practices and P2 frequencies support the hypothesis. Studies of this type may demonstrate the links between culture, infectious diseases, and genetic traits.
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U2 - 10.1080/01459740.1982.9987006
DO - 10.1080/01459740.1982.9987006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84963443408
VL - 6
SP - 57
EP - 69
JO - Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness
JF - Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness
SN - 0145-9740
IS - 1
ER -