Since this study deals with the problem of financial exclusion among the tribes in Kerala with special reference to Wayanad district, a brief account of the tribal economy spanning various important aspects of the development of tribes appears to be relevant. This chapter covers the meaning of tribes, an overview of the demography of tribes, main policies, and programmes adopted to enhance the ...

We analyzed 1041 individuals belonging to 17 Amerindian tribes of Colombia, Chimila, Bari and Tunebo (Chibcha linguistic family), Embera, Waunana (Choco linguistic family), Puinave and Nukak (Maku-Puinave linguistic families), Cubeo, Guanano, Tucano, Desano and Piratapuyo (Tukano linguistic family), Guahibo and Guayabero (Guayabero Linguistic Family), Curripaco and Piapoco (Arawak linguistic fa...

Seven human-specific Alu markers were studied in 574 unrelated individuals from 10 endogamous groups and 2 hill tribes of Tamil Nadu and Kerala states. DNA was isolated, amplified by PCR-SSP, and subjected to agarose gel electrophoresis, and genotypes were assigned for various Alu loci. Average heterozygosity among caste populations was in the range of 0.292-0.468. Among tribes, the average het...

BACKGROUND South East Asia (SEA) is home to over 30 tribes of indigenous population groups who are currently facing rapid socio-economic change. Epidemiological transition and increased prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCD) has occured. In Peninsular Malaysia, the Orang Asli (OA) indigenous people comprise 0 · 6% (150,000) of the population and live in various settlements. OA comprise t...

The analysis of polymorphic microsatellites is relevant for forensic, paternity testing and to study genetic admixtures and the genetic relationships between populations. Colombia has the second highest number, after Brazil, of Amerindian tribes in America (around 81) followed by Mexico (68 tribes) and Venezuela (20 tribes). Contrary to other genetic markers such as HLA and blood groups, Short ...

â  tribes settlement focuses is as a development approach for tribes society. in this paper have been considered the main problems of tribes focuses. three focuses of biggest tribes involving bakhtiary and ghashghai were selected. the methodology of this paper is complex containing field study and analytical methods. according to the results, the main problems of tribes settlement are: support ...

Major opsin (LW Rh) DNA sequence has been reported to provide useful data for resolving phylogenetic relationships among tribes of corbiculate bees based on analyses of 502 bp of coding sequence. However, the corbiculate tribes are believed to be of Cretaceous age, and strong support for insect clades of this age from small data sets of nucleotide sequence data has rarely been demonstrated. To ...