FRACTIONAL POPULATIONS OF BLOOD-GROUPS

Citation
Mh. Chung et al., FRACTIONAL POPULATIONS OF BLOOD-GROUPS, Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 56(1), 1997, pp. 865-869
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Physycs, Mathematical","Phsycs, Fluid & Plasmas
ISSN journal
1063651X
Volume
56
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Part
B
Pages
865 - 869
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(1997)56:1<865:FPOB>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
We rederive the Castle-Hardy-Weinberg law on the fractional population s of blood groups using a renormalization group approach. The result s hows that the ratios between the four fractional populations of blood groups A, B, AB, and O are fixed and do not change from generation to generation. We also consider a simple case of mutation, where the bloo d group A is divided into A(1) and A(2), and there exists a mutual tra nsformation between the two. It is shown that detailed information abo ut the fractional ratio between the populations can be obtained using the existing data.