title: Sero-genetic studies on the Dama of South West Africa.
abstract: The Dama of South West Africa are a Negroid people living as a reproductive isolate in the desert and semi-desert areas of the north-west of the country. Until recent times a large proportion of them were held in bondage by the Khoikhoi (Hottentot) Nama, while the rest lived as hunter-gatherers in the mountains. This study and the work of Knussmann and Knussmann indicate that they are a Negro people, which probably has been cut off over a period from contact with other Negroes. They have received very little genetic contribution from the Khoikhoi or the San (Bushmen). The results of this investigation of 24 blood genetic marker systems in a carefully selected random sample of Dama support these conclusions.
mesh_terms: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000276:immunology; D000243:Adenosine Deaminase / Q000276:immunology; D000263:Adenylate Kinase / Q000276:immunology; D000353:Africa, Southern; D044383:Black People; D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D002091:Butyrylcholinesterase / Q000276:immunology; D004375:Duffy Blood-Group System; D005796:Genes; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000276:immunology; D006242:Haptoglobins / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007126:Immunoglobulin Allotypes; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D008188:Lutheran Blood-Group System; D008951:MNSs Blood-Group System; D010127:P Blood-Group System; D010641:Phenotype; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase / Q000276:immunology; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase / Q000276:immunology; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
chemical_list: D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D001789:Blood Group Antigens; D004375:Duffy Blood-Group System; D006242:Haptoglobins; D007126:Immunoglobulin Allotypes; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D008188:Lutheran Blood-Group System; D008951:MNSs Blood-Group System; D010127:P Blood-Group System; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D000263:Adenylate Kinase; D002091:Butyrylcholinesterase; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D000243:Adenosine Deaminase; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase