Voice of Intellectual Man- An International Journal
  • Year: 2011
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue: 2

Serological polymorphisms of ABO and Rh (D) blood groups among Rajput and Brahmin populations of Mandi District, Himachal Pradesh

  • Author:
  • Seerat Sachdeva, Ranjeet Kumar Singh, K N Saraswathy, M P Sachdeva, S L Malik
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 109 to 112

Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi-110007

*Email id: knsaraswathy@yahoo.com

Online published on 16 January, 2012.

Abstract

This present study deals with the distribution of ABO and Rh blood groups among Rajputs(172) and Brahmins(57) of Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh. The phenotypic frequency of blood group B was found to be highest among Rajput and Brahmin population (30.2% and 52.6% respectively), whereas the phenotypic frequency of Rh(D) antigens is high (93.6% and 91.2%, respectively),among both the groups. The two populations were found to obey the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.

Keywords

ABO and Rh Blood group, Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, Endogamy