Orang Asli (Indigenous Malaysian) Biomedical Bibliography AS Baer

296. Lie-Injo, L. E., and J. Ganesan. Biochemical genetic characteristics of Malaysians.
Malaysian Nature J. 35:165-171, 1977. (Each group studied, including Temuan, had its own
signature for the distribution of biochemical traits.)
297. Lie-Injo, L. E., and Q. Welch. Electrophoretic variants of 6-phosphogluconate
dehydrogenase (6PGD) and phosphohexose isomerase (PHI) in different racial groups in
Malaysia. Human Heredity 22:338-343, 1972. (On Temuan, Semai, and others.)
298. Lie-Injo, L. E., J. Bolton, and H. Fudenberg. Haptoglobins, transferrins and serum gammaglobulin
types in Malayan aborigines. Nature 215:777 only, 1967.
299. Lie-Injo, L. E., J. Ganesan, and C. Lopez. The clinical, hematological, and biochemical
expression of Hemoglobin Constant Spring and its distribution. In Abnormal Hemoglobins and
Thalassemia-Diagnostic Aspects. Academic Press, New York, 1975. Pp. 275-291. (On Semai,
Temiar, Temuan, Jakun.)
300. Lie-Injo, L. E., et al. Unusual albumin variants in Indonesians and Malayan aborigines.
Human Heredity 21:376-383, 1971. (Two “Gombak” variants were found in a sample of 165
Orang Asli, but Baer et al., 1976, found none in 189 Temuan.)
301. Lie-Injo, L. E., et al. Hemoglobin E-hereditary elliptocytosis in Malayan aborigines. Acta
Haematologica 47:210-216, 1972. (Mainly on Semai.)
302. Lie-Injo, L. E., et al. Hemoglobin constant spring (slow-moving hemoglobin X
components) and hemoglobin E in Malayan aborigines. American J. Human Genetics 25:382-
387, 1973. (On Temuan and Jakun.)
303. Livingstone, F. Frequencies of Hemoglobin Variants: Thalassemia, the Glucose-6-
Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency, G6PD variants, and Ovalocytosis in Human Populations.
Oxford Univ. Press, New York, 1985. (A thorough review of red-cell variants relevant to malaria
resistance, including all Orang Asli groups studied before 1985.)
304. Lugg, J. Taste thresholds for phenylthiocarbamide of some populations. Annals Human
Genetics 21:244-253, 1957. (Reports 18% of 50 Kintak Bong and 4% of 50 Semai were
nontasters; see also PTC data in Baer et al., 1976.)
305. Melton, T., et al. Polynesian genetic affinities with Southeast Asian populations as
identified by mtDNA analysis. American J. Human Genetics 57:403-414, 1995. (On Semai.)
306. Macaulay, V., et al. Single, rapid coastal settlement of Asia revealed by analysis of
complete mitochondrial genomes. Science 308:1034-1036, 2005. (Found Semang to have a high
frequency of unique types of mtDNA.)
307. Mohandes, H., et al. Rigid membranes of Malayan ovalocytes: a likely genetic barrier
against malaria. Blood 63:1385-1392, 1984.
308. Mourant, A., A. Kopec, and K. Domaniewska-Sobczak. The Distribution of the Human
Blood Groups and Other Polymorphisms. Ed. 2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York, 1976. (A
world survey with pre-1976 data on Orang Asli groups; see also Tills et al., 1983.)