Role of Water in the Stability of Oxyhemoglobin

Abstract

Diego blood factor is characteristic of Mongoloid populations. A study of 152 samples from Mexican Indians (Tlaxcaltecans) revealed this factor in 20.39 percent of the cases. Analysis of 30 Indian matings with 62 children support the hypothesis that the Diego antigen is transmitted through a gene capable of expressing itself in a single or double dose.

The Diego Blood Group in Koreans

“…The Diego blood group appears in Indians (29%), hybrid Venezuelan populations (0.66 to 7.0%), and Chippewa Indians (10%), but does not occur in Caucasians. Further, Diego factor occurs in Chinese (5 %), Japanese (12 %) [1], and Mexican Indians (20.39 %) [5], but has not been found in Polynesians [7], Maoris [3], East Polynesians, Australian aborigines, East Papuans, New Britain Natives [6], or Marshallese [8],…”