title: C3 polymorphism in Kotas and Badagas of Nilgiri Hills, south India.
abstract: Blood serum samples from Kota (n = 95) and Badaga (n = 113) groups of the Nilgiri Hills, South India, were screened for C3 polymorphism using polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis. The distribution of the three common phenotypes F, FS and S and a variant phenotype is reported. Two deficient individuals, one per subsample, have been found. The allelic frequencies for C3*F and C3*S in Kotas and Badagas are 0.1075, 0.8925 and 0.0982, 0.9018 respectively. The results are discussed in the light of available literature on C3 polymorphism in other Indian populations.
authors.affiliation: Forensic Sciences Department, Madras, India.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Raj
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Damodaran
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Sekharan
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D003176:Complement C3 / Q000235:genetics*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D010641:Phenotype; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D003176:Complement C3