Variation in allele frequencies among caste groups of the Dhangars of Maharashtra, India: An analysis with Wright'sFSTstatistic
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Annals of Human Biology
- Vol. 4 (3), 275-280
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03014467700007162
Abstract
Variations in allele frequencies at 11 serological and biochemical loci among 21 endogamous Dhangar castes of Maharashtra, India, were studied using Wright''s FST frequency statistic. Gene differentiation among these castes is only about 4% at these polymorphic loci. The distributional form of FST is explicable by random genetic drift at this early stage of differentiation of these caste groups. The empirical relationship between the average allele frequencies and the ratio of within to total gene diversity of the caste groups is also studied.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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