血型是一种遗传性状,在研究人类种族起源,居群迁徙及民族间的亲缘关系中是一个极为重要的指标。ABO血型系统,自本世纪初奥地利血液学家Landsteiner发现,并经应用于临床后,使亿万频临死亡的人获得了新生。因此,有人认为这是医学史上的一个重大突破。 Blood type is a genetic trait, which is an extremely important indicator in studying the origin of human race, migration of populations and the inter-ethnic relationship. The ABO blood group, which was discovered by the Austrian hematologist Landsteiner at the beginning of this century and has been clinically applied, has brought new life to hundreds of millions of deaths. Therefore, some people think this is a major breakthrough in the history of medicine.