Sylvia Dorothy Lawler

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BIOGRAPHY

Professor of Human Genetics, Institute of Cancer Research, University of London, 1980–87. Honorary Consultant in Immunology and Cytogenetics, Royal Marsden Hospital, London. Coauthor of Human Blood Groups and Inheritance.

Primary Contributions (1)

Close-up illustration of multiple human red blood cells with their characteristic disc shape, floating against a red background.

blood group

Blood group, classification of blood based on inherited differences (polymorphisms) in antigens on the surfaces of the red blood cells (erythrocytes). Inherited differences of white blood cells (leukocytes), platelets (thrombocytes), and plasma proteins also constitute blood groups, but they are…