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The Diego factor among Asiatic Indians, Apaches and West African Negroes: Blood types of Asiatic Indians and Apaches
Author(s) -
Gershowitz Henry
Publication year - 1959
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330170305
Subject(s) - white (mutation) , anthropology , population , genealogy , history , demography , sociology , biology , genetics , gene
The apparent restriction of the Diego blood factor to the Mongoloid peoples (Leyrisse and Arends, ’56) has provided the anthropologist with a tool of great potential usefulness in the evaluation of populations of mixed origin. In order to use this system to its full advantage, it is necessary to have considerable information on groups whose origin can with considerable certainty be labelled “mongolian” or “nonmongolian.” The present study, undertaken as a contribution towards expanding knowledge of the distribution of the Diego system, is concerned with the findings in 75 Asiatic Indians, 108 American Apache Indians, and 775 West African Negroes.