CASTE SOCIAL STRATIFICATION SYSTEM IN INDIA AND THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE GENETIC DISEASES
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https://doi.org/10.52428/20756208.v9i22.570Keywords:
Social Classes, India, Genetic diseases, EndogamyAbstract
The caste system of India is maybe the oldest social stratification system all over the world; it entails a complex ordering of social groups based on ritual purity. When we make an assessment of genetic disorders in India, emerge a number of factors, many of which are unique to the subcontinent: the multiethnic, population Stratification by tribes and castes, the vast land area and the variety of climates and environments factors provide the ability to collect a large amount of basic data that could be used to solve important problems ecogenetics.
Due to the genetic diversity of India, and inbreeding is widespread among the various existing breeds, the frequency of many genetic diseases is high, sometimes it is limited to a particular caste or ethnic group.
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