{"id":20819,"date":"2024-01-03T02:01:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T02:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=20819"},"modified":"2024-01-07T23:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T23:23:00","slug":"most-rh-africans-carry-an-inactive-rhd-gene-or-a-nonsense-mutation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/most-rh-africans-carry-an-inactive-rhd-gene-or-a-nonsense-mutation\/","title":{"rendered":"Most &#8220;Rh-&#8221; Africans carry an inactive RHD gene or a nonsense mutation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Most &quot;Rh-&quot; 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