GENETIC-MARKER PROFILE OF PRIMITIVE KUTIA-KONDH TRIBAL POPULATION OF PHULBANI DISTRICT (ORISSA)

Blood samples from 330 Kutia Kondhs (a primitive tribal population of Orissa) were subjected to a battery of tests for genetic markers to fi nd out the incidence of various blood group polymorphisms (ABO, MN, Du ffy, JK(a)), serum proteins; sickling and G-6-PD deficiency. Predomina nce of O (39.09%) blood group for ABO, N blood group (53.44) for MN an d Fy(a+b+) (55.72) for Duffy blood group, were observed. High incidenc e of Hp(2-1) (39.33), SS (70.43) and CC (96.65) for haptoglobulin, C-3 and transferrin respectively were seen. The overall frequency of sick ling was observed to be 16.36 per cent. The sex-wise distribution of G -6-PD was 13.71 per cent for males and 1.84 for females.