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Some micropopulations have developed their own, unique, blood signatures (Bombay group is a good example here, they lack the H antigen that makes them universal
by alextheparrot 10y ago
Some micropopulations have developed their own, unique, blood signatures (Bombay group is a good example here, they lack the H antigen that makes them universal donors but Bombay only acceptors). Blood types in general are super complex combinatorially.
The concept of hybrid vigor (Expressing two different alleles expressed may yield a competitive advantage over expressing a single allele twice) has always interested me in regards to blood, though I haven't gone digging for a basis for that being a driving force.