NATURAL SELECTION INTENSITY IN AN ENDOGAMOUS HUMAN POPULATION
C. PARVATHEESAM *
Andhra University, Vishakapatnam
B. V. BABU *
Andhra University, Vishakapatnam
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The selection intensity indices were computed based on the demographic information pertaining to fertility and mortality among the Rajaka, an endogamous caste population of Andhra Pradesh. The total as well as fertility and mortality indices are relatively lower than other Andhra populations studied earlier. In the present population, the selection is manifested mainly through differential mortality rather than fertility. The results are corroborated with low socio-economic condition of these people
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