BLOOD GROUP FREQUENCIES IN ADMIRALTY ISLANDERS: FURTHER OBSERVATIONS ON THE FIJIANS AND INDONESIANS AND ON Rh GENE FREQUENCIES IN SOME OTHER RACES

Blood Groups of Some Non—europeans in Fiji

“…Many of the blood samples were also tested with anti-Fy(a) serum and the results obtained are shown in Table IV. The blood groups of the Fijians presented in this paper are similar to those found by Simmons, Graydon and Barnes (1945) and by Simmons and Graydon (1947). They also resemble those obtained on the group of natives born on other Pacific islands but resident in Fiji.…”

Blood Groups of Filipinos

“…It has also been found but less frequently in various groups as shown in Table IV, and in the natives of the British Solomon Islands . In all these groups the commonest chromosomes are CDe (R 1 ) and cDE (R 2 ) , and this is consistent with Fisher's concept that" crossing-over" in heterozygotes of the common chromosomes produces the uncommon chromosomes, However, CDe (R 1 ) and cDE (R 2 ) are at least as common in the New Guinea natives, the Fijians and the Koreans as in the abovementioned ethnic groups; but the CDE (R z ) was not found amongst 472 New Guinea natives (Walsh, Kooptzoff, Lancaster and Price, 1953), amongst 210 Fijians (Simmons and Graydon, 1947 ;, or amongst 398 Koreans (Walsh, Kooptzoff, Dunn and Sohn, 1954). It is apparent, therefore, that" crossingover" to produce CDE (R z ) is not entirely dependent on the frequency of the heterozygote CDeJcDE (Rl~)' Sir Ronald Fisher, in a personal communication, has suggested that there may be some selective disadvantage of R z in certain groups.…”

Blood Groups of the Motu and Koita Peoples

“…The pattern usually found differs from that of the Motu-Koita people mainly in respect of the ABO system in which the A gene frequency is higher Sources of Information: (l) Kooptzoff and Walsh, 1957; (2) Simmons, Graydon, Semple and Taylor, 1951;(S) Dunn, Kooptzoff, Price and Walsh. 1956;(4) Ivinskis, Kooptzoff, Walsh and Dunn, 1956;(5) Macintosh, Walsh and Kooptzoff, 1957;(6) Kariks, Kooptzoff and Walsh, 1957;(7) ; IS) ; IS) Kooptzoff and Walsh, 1955;(10) unpublished data;1111 Simmons andGraydon, 1947;(12) Simmons, Graydon, Semple, Birdsell, Melbourne and Lee, 1952;(13) (14) Graydon, Simmons, Semple and Ingram, 1953;(15) (16) Graydon, Simmons, Semple, Clapham and Wallace, 1952;(17) Walsh, Kooptzoff, Dunn and Atienza, 1954;11S) Polunin and Sneath, 1953;I1S) Walsh, Kooptzoff, Dunn and Sohn, 1955;(20) Simmons, Graydon, Semple and Green, 1950;(21) Graydon, 1952;(22) Simmons, Graydon, Semple and Kodama, 1953;(23) Simmons, Graydon and Sringam, 1954;(24) Lehmann, 1954;(25) Mourant, 1954;(26) Sanger, Walsh and Kay, 1951. than the B gene frequency. The only exception to this generalization is amongst the natives in the region of the Wissel Lakes in Dutch New Guinea, but these subjects have even lower AI> M and S frequencies.…”