title: Molecular blood group typing in Banjar, Jawa, Mandailing and Kelantan Malays in Peninsular Malaysia.
abstract: In this study we genotyped ABO, Rhesus, Kell, Kidd and Duffy blood group loci in DNA samples from 120 unrelated individuals representing four Malay subethnic groups living in Peninsular Malaysia (Banjar: n = 30, Jawa: n = 30, Mandailing: n = 30 and Kelantan: n = 30). Analyses were performed using commercial polymerase chain reaction-sequence specific primer (PCR-SSP) typing kits (BAG Health Care GmbH, Lich, Germany). Overall, the present study has successfully compiled blood group datasets for the four Malay subethnic groups and used the datasets for studying ancestry and health.
authors.affiliation: Royal Malaysia Police Forensic Laboratory, Selangor, Malaysia; Human Identification Unit, School of Health Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Rahayu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abd Gani
authors.affiliation: Human Identification Unit, School of Health Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Siti Mariam
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Manaf
authors.affiliation: Human Identification Unit, School of Health Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia; Malaysian Institute of Pharmaceutical and Nutraceuticals (IPharm), Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI), Penang, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Zainuddin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zafarina
authors.affiliation: Human Identification Unit, School of Health Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Sundararajulu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Panneerchelvam
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Geoffrey Keith
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Chambers
authors.affiliation: Human Identification Unit, School of Health Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia; Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), School of Health Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Mohd Noor
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Norazmi
authors.affiliation: Human Identification Unit, School of Health Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia. Electronic address: edinur@usm.my.
authors.forename: Hisham Atan
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Edinur
mesh_terms: D001789:Blood Group Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D056426:Genetic Loci; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D001789:Blood Group Antigens
keywords: Blood groups; Malay sub-ethnic groups; Phenotype frequencies