The Blood Groups of a Third Series of New Guinea Natives From Port Moresby

The Blood Groups of the Native Inhabitants of the Western Highlands, New Guinea

“…Only 5 ' 28% of the chromosomes carry the M gene and this low figure is similar to that noted in Chirnbu (Ivinskis, Kooptzoff, Walsh and Dunn, 1956). On the other hand, 37% of the subjects reacted with anti S, a reaction rate which is higher than that found in any other part of New Guinea (Dunn, Kooptzoff, Price and Walsh, 1956), It can also be seen from the table that the S gene is much more commonly associated with N than with M. This finding appears to be characteristic of the Pacific region and contrasts with the findings amongst European and African populations in which S is more commonly associated with M. An analysis of the MNS groups in the different geographic sub-areas is shown in Table 5, in which the percentage of positive reactors with anti S in each of the subareas is also indicated. In testing for homogeneity, two analyses were made.…”

A Study of the Population Near Aiome, New Guinea

“….. .. 0'3412 0' 0636 0' 1036 0'0367 0. 8275 0'1289 Sepik (Dunn, Kooptzoff, Price and Walsh, 1956) .. ..…”

A Survey of the Blood Groups and Hæmoglobin Values in the Sepik River District

“…The frequency of the M gene (0' I339) is much higher than in the highland regions of New Guinea, and the finding of two subjects with the MM.S genotype establishes beyond doubt the association of S with M. This is unusual in New Guinea where, unlike African and European populations, S is usually associated with N, The Mand S combination was found by Dunn, Kooptzoff, Price and Walsh (1956) in one subject from each of the Gulf, Morobe, Sepik and Northern districts, but not in any other district examined. Only three Rh chromosome combinations were found, and no instances of RACDE) were detected.…”