Orang Asli (Indigenous Malaysian) Biomedical Bibliography AS Baer

and Tekir Labu in Negri Sembilan; 29% of 404 Temuan had malaria parasitemia, but those with
ovalocytosis showed resistance to high levels of parasitemia.)
256. Ballinger, S., et al. Southeast Asian mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals genetic continuity
of ancient Mongoloid migration. Genetics 130:139-152, 1992. (Corrections appear in Genetics
130:957, 1992; misidentifications and “extrapolations” of Orang Asli groups plague this paper;
reportedly studied a few Temiar, Semai, Jakun, “Jeni,” and “unidentified” Orang Asli.)
257. Bekaert, B., et al. A comparison of mtDNA and Y chromosome diversity in Malay
populations. Internat. Congress Series 1288:252-255, 2006. (Jahai and Kensiu Y chromosomes
were different from those of Malays.)
258. Bolton, J., and L. E. Lie-Injo. Hb E-beta thalassemia in West Malaysian Orang Asli
(aborigines). MJM 24:36-40, 1969.
259. Cavalli-Sforza, L., P. Menozzi, and A. Piazza. The History and Geogoraphy of Human
Genes. Princeton Univ. Press, New Jersey, 1994. (A few Southeast Asian data are omitted, in
error, or mislabeled.)
260. Chen, H., R. Sokal, and M. Ruhlen. Worldwide analysis of genetic and linguistic
relationships of human populations. Human Biology 67:595-612, 1995. (Includes “Kensiu” data
but this may be a mislabeling of older “Negrito” data; suggests Kensiu are quite unrelated to
Malays.)
261. Chin, J. Absence of Di a+ in Malayan aborigines. Nature 201:1039, 1964. (A study of 270
“Aboriginal Malays” and Senoi for the Diego antigen.)
262. Corbo, R. M., and R. Scacchi. Apolipoprotein E (APOE) allele distribution in the world. Is
APOE*4 a ‘thrifty’ allele? Annals Human Genetics. 63:301-310, 1999. (Orang Asli and some
other traditionally foraging groups have a high percentage of the APOE*4 allele, thought to be the
ancestral type.)
263. Endom Ismail et al. Dermatoglyphics: comparison between Negrito Orang Asli and the
Malays, Chinese, and Indians. Sains Malaysiana 38 (6):947-952, 2009. (On Batek at Post Lebir,
Gua Musang, Kelantan; Jahai at Post Sungei Rual, Jeli, Kelantan; Kensiu at Kg. Lubok Legong,
Baling, Kedah; Kintak at Kg. Bukit Asu, Grik, Perak; Lanoh at Kg. Air Bah, Grik, Perak; finger
and palm dermatoglyphics were studied but the findings have no strong basis in genetics.)
264. Fix, A. Anthropological genetics of small populations. Annual Review Anthropology 8:207-
230, 1979.
265. Fix, A. Kin-structured migration and the rate of advance of an advantageous gene.
American J. Physical Anthropology 55:433-442, 1981.
266. Fix, A. Genetic structure of the Semai. In Current Developments in Anthropological
Genetics: Vol. 2. Ecology and Population Structure. M. Crawford and J. Mielke, eds. Plenum,
NY, 1982. Pp. 179-204.
267. Fix, A. Evolution of altruism in kin-structured and random subdivided populations.
Evolution 39 (4):928-939, 1985. (Uses a Semai model for theory testing.)