The following table includes the most common haplotypes of the Rh system and their frequencies within various ethnic groups. (Haplotype: a set of genes inherited together from a single parent)
Note that d represents the absence or lack of the D gene/antigen and continues to be used as a placeholder in the Fisher-Race terminology.
DCe | 42 | 17 | 70 |
dce | 37 | 36 | 3 |
DcE | 14 | 11 | 21 |
Dce | 4 | 44 | 3 |
dCe | 2 | 2 | 2 |
dcE | 1 | <0.01 | <0.01 |
DCE | <0.01 | <0.01 | 1 |
dCE | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 |
Modified from Harmening, D: Table 7-2, Modern blood banking and transfusion practices, 6thed, FA Davis, Philadelphia, PA 2012, p 151.
Fung, MK, Eder, AF, Spitalnik, SL, Westhoff, CM (eds): Technical Manual, 19th ed. AABB, Bethesda, MD, 2017, p 298.