Update: It wasn’t until after this article was finished, that Kerala was brought to my attention for high rhesus negative frequencies. Sure enough, a 2017 study indicates, that in Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, 9.52% of the people tested turned out to be rhesus negative. That would make this the region with the highest percentages of rhesus negatives in India. Original article: India is so genetically diverse, it deserves a post of its own. A new post that is with more detail. Again, I am looking at a chart of D negative gene frequencies: Let’s go straight to the interesting parts: The Chenchus are Adivasi, a designated Scheduled Tribe in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Odisha. They are an … Continue reading Blood type frequencies in India