title: Genetic study of five populations of Bihar, India.
abstract: Four-hundred fifty-nine people, including 106 Santals, 43 Bhuiyas, 107 Sakaldipi Brahmins, 108 Chamars, and 95 Ansari Muslims, of the Giridhi district of Bihar have been tested for transferrin, group-specific component, phosphoglucomutase subtypes, and glyoxalase-I, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, and adenylate kinase types. Genetic distance estimates by both dendrogram and principal component methods for these 5 populations and the Oraons on the basis of 19 alleles at 6 polymorphic loci indicate 2 major clusters: Brahmins and Muslims, the latter of which is composed of two subclusters (Santals and Bhuiyas, and Oraons and Chamars). The Santal and Bhuiya tribes both speak Mundari, whereas the Oraons speak a Dravidian language. The Chamars, although low-caste Hindus, seem to have a non-Europoid origin, as do the Oraons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Tay
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dey
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
mesh_terms: D000263:Adenylate Kinase / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006580:Genetic Carrier Screening; D005828:Genetics, Population; D007194:India; D007791:Lactoylglutathione Lyase / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D014168:Transferrin / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D014809:Vitamin D-Binding Protein / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D014168:Transferrin; D014809:Vitamin D-Binding Protein; D010734:Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase; D000263:Adenylate Kinase; D007791:Lactoylglutathione Lyase; D010733:Phosphoglucomutase