Abstract
The Kell gene frequencies, determined in Senegal are as follows:\(K = 0.00502, k = 0.99498.\) Our data enter the limits already known for black African populations.
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Blavy, G., Thiam, D. & Diakhate, L. The kell system in Senegal: phenotype and gene frequencies. Int. J. Anthropol. 2, 75–76 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02442074
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