Orang Asli (Indigenous Malaysian) Biomedical Bibliography AS Baer

309. Nei, M. Evolution of human races at the gene level. In Human Genetics, Part A: The
Unfolding Genome. B. Bonne-Tamir, ed. Alan Liss, New York, 1982. Pp. 167-181. (Includes
data on Malayan “Negritos” and “aboriginal Malays.”)
310. Ooi, W. L. Red cell polymorphisms and malaria in Malaysia. Masters Public Health
thesis,Yale Univ., New Haven, Conn., 1979. (On Duffy blood group and Hb E in Orang Asli and
others; results inconclusive; see Lewis et al., 1988, for correction about the “finding” of Duffynegative
phenotypes.)
311. Parra, E., et al. Analysis of five Y-specific microsatellite loci in Asian and Pacific
populations. American J. Physical Anthropology 110:1-16, 1999. (Unlike an earlier report on
Semai DNA, this one shows as much, or more, genetic diversity within Semai as within larger
groups, such as Cambodians and Malays.)
312. Parra, E., et al. Genetic variation at nine autosomal microsatellite loci in Asian and Pacific
populations. Human Biology 71 (5):757-779, 1999. (Semai were found to be most unlike the
other Asian populations studied.)
313. Petrakis, N., et al. Evidence for a genetic cline in earwax types in the Middle East and
Southeast Asia. American J. Physical Anthropology 35:141-144, 1971. (Reports 7% of Orang
Asli had dry ear wax; see also Baer et al., 1976.)
314. Polunin, I., and P. Sneath. Studies of blood groups in South-East Asia. J. Royal
Anthropological Institute Great Britain and Ireland 83:215-251, 1953. (On Semai, Temiar,
Temuan, Jakun, Mah Meri, Lanoh, Seletar, Kensiu, Kinta Bong, and Jehai.)
315. Roychoudhury, A., and M. Nei. Human Polymorphic Genes. Oxford Univ. Press, New
York, 1988. (Fairly thorough reporting on “Negritos” and “Senoi,” but no coverage of Temuan
or other Orang Asli groups.)
316. Saha, N., et al. Population genetic study among the Orang Asli (Semai Senoi) of Malaysia:
Malayan aborigines. Human Biology 67 (1):37-57, 1995. (Associates the Semai with the Khmer,
rather than with Malays or some other non-Malaysian groups; on p. 42 Temiar are mislabeled as
Temuan.)
317. Schurr, T. G., and A. G. Wallace. Mitochondrial DNA diversity in Southast Asian
populations. Human Biology 74 (3):431-452, 2002. (Orang Asli had a high frequency of
haplogroup F.)
318. Steinberg, A., and L. E. Lie-Injo. Immunoglobulin G allotypes in Malayan aborigines.
Human Heredity 22:254-258, 1972. (On Temuan, Temiar, Jakun, Semelai, Semai, and
“Negritos.”)
319. Stoneking, M., and F. Delfin. The human genetic history of East Asia: weaving a complex
tapestry. Current Biology 20 (4):R188-R193, 2010. (Reviews earlier data, including those on
Jehai and Kensiu; notes that the usual method used to date DNA findings is unreliable and thus
groups like the Orang Asli may have originated less than 50,000 years ago; the distinctiveness of
Orang Asli, however, from hunter-gatherer groups in the Philippines or from other ethnic groups,
is not in question; discusses the impact of social practices on genetic variation.)