K. Rajasekhara Reddy

ABO and Rh(D) Blood Groups Among the Adikarnatakas of Karnataka

Abstract Data are presented on frequency distribution of the ABO and Rh(D) blood groups among the Adikamatakas, a Scheduled Caste Population of Mysore City in Karnataka State In the ABO blood group system O group recorded the highest incidence, followed by B group The incidence of Rh(D) 3.16%, which is in agreement with the majority of the other caste as well as tribal population of this south Indian state.

ABO and Rh (D) Blood Groups Among the Vishwakarmas of Mysore District, Karnataka

Abstract Base line data are presented on frequency distribution of the ABO and Rh (D) blood groups among the Vishwakarma population of Hosahundi village Mysore district, Karnataka. In the ABO blood system O recorded the highest incidence, followed by B group. The Rh negative frequency was found 3.19%.

The Study of ABO and Rh (D) Blood Groups among the Vishwakarma Population of Mysore District in Karnataka, India

Abstract The data for the present study consist of 143 unrelated individuals among the Vishwakarma population of Mysore District in Karnataka. Among the A, B, O alleles, frequencies O allele (0.5921) is proportionately higher than the Aallele (0.2126) as well as B allele (0.1952). The comparison of the present study with other caste and tribes of Karnataka populations depicts relatively the lower O allele frequency than the most of other populations of Karnataka. The Rh-(negative) proportion is observed to be 4.90% among the Vishwakarma Population. Further, the d gene is more than the majority populations of Karnataka.

Anthropometric Study among the Adikarnatakas of Mysore City, Karnataka

Abstract The present study reveals that majority of the Adik arnataka males come under short stature and females fall under upper medium stature categories. Sitting height vertex measurement shows that higher proportion of males and females belongs to lower medium and tall categories respectively. A higher proportion of both males and females belongs to very narrow type of bizygomatic breadth. The dolicocephalic element was predominantly found in males while hyperdolichocephalic element was observed in females. The predominant types of euryprosophic and leptoprosophic facial types were noticed in males and females respectively. Most of the males belong to narrow chest category while females come under medium chest category.

Morphological Variation of Certain Traits Among The Scheduled Caste Madigas of Andhra Pradesh

The paper reports the morphological variation of earlobe types, cleft chin, and hypertrichosis of the ear and eye-brow types among the two Madiga groups, belonging to the same sub-caste of Gampadhompti Madigas: Madigas at Cuddapah District (MDCOP) and Madigas of Chittor District (MDCTR). The proportion of persons with attached earlobe is lower in MDCDP (26.22%) than in MDCTR (38.79%), with highly significant sex difference in the latter group. The overall incidence of the trait of attached earlobe of the pooled Madigas is relatively lower than in other population. The cleft chin incidence in pooled Madigas is highly variable in male series (27.85%) with highly significant sex and intergroup differences, and shows larger variation compared to other populations. Hypertrichosis of the ear is found to be lower in MDCDP (20.38%) than in MDCTR (23.53%), and the overall incidence of pooled Madigas is somewhat higher than in other populations. Continuous eye-brow type is less common in the pooled Madigas (16.56%) with negligible group difference and significant sex difference in either group.