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THE antigen S is part of the MN system of blood groups; it bears the same relation to M and N as does C to D and d in the Rh system of groups. In England, 54.69 per cent of people have the antigen S; and the gene frequencies are1: MS, 0.2472; Ms, 0.2831; NS, 0.0802; and Ns, 0.3895.
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Race, R. R., and Sanger, Ruth, “Blood Groups in Man” (Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford; in the press).
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SANGER, R. The MNS Blood Groups of Australian Aborigines and New Guinea Natives. Nature 165, 939 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165939a0
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