Survey of the Blood Groups and PTC Taste Among the Rajbanshi Caste of West Bengal (ABO, MNS, Rh, Duffy and Diego)

Abstract
The phenotype and the gene or chromosome distributions are presented. The results conform with a predominantly Nishadic (Veddid) gene stock of this people, mixed with a weak caucasoid component, and an appreciable mongoloid gene flow (evidenced strongly by presence of the Dia antigen).