Hemoglobin Types of the Caingang Indians of Brazil
Casemiro V. Tondo 1 and
Francisco M. Salzano 1
1 Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Universidade do Rio Grande do Sul, Pôrto Alegre, Brazil
We studied the hemoglobin types of 440 individuals (306 unrelated) cytologically and by paper electrophoresis. These included 334 (252 unrelated) putative "full bloods." No abnormal types were found.