Abstract
Blood consists of four components: erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets, and plasma. Each blood component exhibits individual differences demonstrable by either immunologic or physico-chemical methods. These individual differences in the molecular structures of blood constituents are governed by genes or chromosomes and are generally known as allotypes, phenotypes, or simply types. Types which are genetically related have been assigned to the same system. The number of systems and specificities currently being used by some laboratories in paternity testing are listed in Table I.
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Konugres, A.A. (1976). The Current Status of Paternity Testing. In: Milunsky, A., Annas, G.J. (eds) Genetics and the Law. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2229-0_19
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