A STUDY OF GENETIC DISTANCE AMONG SOME POPULATIONS OF AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES

A measure of genetic distance "B" has been determined for a series of populations of Australian Aborigines. Information was available for 9 genetic marker systems (ABO, MNSs, Rh, Le (a), and P₁ blood groups and Hp, Tf, Gc and Gm serum groups) at five localities and for five tribal grouping...

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Published in:Human biology 1971-09, Vol.43 (3), p.445-458
Main Authors: SANGHVI, L. D., KIRK, R. L., BALAKRISHNAN, V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aboriginal Australians
Aborigine/Aborigines/Aboriginal
Anthropology, Physical
Australia
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Biology/Biological
Blood Group Antigens
Blood Proteins - analysis
Gene frequency
Genetic distance
Genetic/Genetically/Genetics
Genetics, Population
Geography
Human genetics
Humans
Language
Language families
Linguistics
Phenotypic traits
Population characteristics
Population genetics
Statistics as Topic
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Summary:A measure of genetic distance "B" has been determined for a series of populations of Australian Aborigines. Information was available for 9 genetic marker systems (ABO, MNSs, Rh, Le (a), and P₁ blood groups and Hp, Tf, Gc and Gm serum groups) at five localities and for five tribal groupings from three other localities. Computed values of B have been used to form clusters of populations. In addition Principal Component analysis has been employed to show complementary relationships. The genetic distance relationship between localities and tribes has been correlated with geographic distance and the results are discussed with respect to linguistic affinity. For the five tribes genetic distance agrees well with the relationship based on linguistic analysis. Populations in Cape York, however, appear to be genetically more distant from those in the centre of Australia than is suggested by linguistic studies.
ISSN:0018-7143
1534-6617