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A B101-O16 hybrid sequence is responsible for a Bweak phenotype in the ABO blood group

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Initial funding for this work was supported by a grant from China Medical University. We thank BioMed Proofreading, LLC for assistance in English-language editing of the manuscript.

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    Hao Pang, Chunmei Li, Pei Li, Mei Ding & Baojie Wang

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Pang, H., Li, C., Li, P. et al. A B101-O16 hybrid sequence is responsible for a Bweak phenotype in the ABO blood group. Int J Legal Med 129, 469–470 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-014-1052-7

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