Talk:Secretor status

Unclear "Prevalence" section
The Prevalence section says:

"'Approximately 80% of Caucasian people possess the Se gene and are secretors; the other 20% are non-secretors. The frequency of the Se gene is approximately 50% in most ethnic groups, but Aboriginal Australians, Inuit, and some Native American and Melanesian groups exhibit a frequency of nearly 100%, while the frequency is only 22% in South India.'"

The sections I've bolded are not clear -- except in extremely rare circumstances, all humans "possess" the Se gene, and the "frequency" of the Se gene is nearly 100% in humans. I believe the more accurate description would be about particular pathogenic variant versions of that gene (known as alleles). I'd suggest rewriting:

"Approximately 80% of Caucasian people possess the Se allele associated with secretors; the other 20% are non-secretors. The frequency of the Se secretor allele is approximately 50% in most ethnic groups, but Aboriginal Australians, Inuit, and some Native American and Melanesian groups exhibit a frequency of nearly 100%, while the frequency is only 22% in South India."

I am open to objections to this change, but otherwise will make it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kerri9494 (talk • contribs) 16:20, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

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