"Duffy Blood-Group System" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A blood group consisting mainly of the antigens Fy(a) and Fy(b), determined by allelic genes, the frequency of which varies profoundly in different human groups; amorphic genes are common.
| Descriptor ID |
D004375
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D23.050.301.290.301 D23.050.705.230.301
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| Concept/Terms |
Duffy Blood-Group System- Duffy Blood-Group System
- Blood-Group System, Duffy
- Duffy Blood Group System
- System, Duffy Blood-Group
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Duffy Blood-Group System" by people in Profiles.
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Association Between a Common, Benign Genotype and Unnecessary Bone Marrow Biopsies Among African American Patients. JAMA Intern Med. 2021 08 01; 181(8):1100-1105.
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Natural selection for the Duffy-null allele in the recently admixed people of Madagascar. Proc Biol Sci. 2014 Aug 22; 281(1789):20140930.
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Genome-wide association study of white blood cell count in 16,388 African Americans: the continental origins and genetic epidemiology network (COGENT). PLoS Genet. 2011 Jun; 7(6):e1002108.
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Stopping cancer before it colonizes. Nat Med. 2006 Aug; 12(8):887-8.
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Complex signatures of natural selection at the Duffy blood group locus. Am J Hum Genet. 2002 Feb; 70(2):369-83.
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Detection of the signature of natural selection in humans: evidence from the Duffy blood group locus. Am J Hum Genet. 2000 May; 66(5):1669-79.