A genetic survey in the Bhil tribe of Madhya Pradesh, Central India.
Examination of blood groups, plasma proteins and red cell enzyme types (23 loci), in a sample of 145 Bhils, a tribal group of Madhya Pradesh, Central India, demonstrates their genetic uniqueness. They differ in a number of systems from the nearby nontribal groups both of Hindus and Muslims. The results suggest that the Bhil frequencies include vestiges of the ancestral genepool of a more widespread aboriginal population whose influence is detectable in the gene frequencies of some other populations in India.
D000243:Adenosine Deaminase / Q000235:genetics; D000263:Adenylate Kinase / Q000235:genetics; D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004375:Duffy Blood-Group System; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D004950:Esterases / Q000235:genetics; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005955:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency / Q000235:genetics*; D006455:Hemoglobins, Abnormal / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007626:Kell Blood-Group System; D000095283:Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D001798:Blood Proteins; D004375:Duffy Blood-Group System; D006455:Hemoglobins, Abnormal; D007626:Kell Blood-Group System; D000263:Adenylate Kinase; D004950:Esterases; D000243:Adenosine Deaminase