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Study of blood groups and haemoglobin variants among the Santal tribe in Midnapore District of West Bengal, India
Author(s) -
Chaudhuri S.,
Ghosh J.,
Mukherjee B.,
Roychoudhury A. K.
Publication year - 1967
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.1330260305
Subject(s) - west bengal , uttar pradesh , tribe , bengal , incidence (geometry) , biology , asian indian , veterinary medicine , traditional medicine , geography , medicine , socioeconomics , immigration , mathematics , bay , archaeology , anthropology , geometry , sociology
Blood specimens of the Santals in Midnapore District of West Bengal, India were tested for the antigens A, B, C, D, E, c and e, when the incidence of B gene was found to be 26.8%. Another feature of the Santals was the high frequency (74.6%) of CDe chromosome with complete absence of cde. Trace of sickle‐cell trait was also noticed among the Santals as is known to occur in some of the aboriginal tribes of the Nilgiri Hills, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Western India. HbS was the only haemoglobin variant detected among them.