RATE OF GENOTYPE PARTICIPATIONS AMONG THE RESIDENTS IN KANO STATE METROPOLITAN AREA

Abstract

The word genotype is the entire genetics constitution of an individual, i.e. the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with references to single traits, set of trait, or an entire complex of traits. There are three hemoglobin genotypes (hemoglobin pairs/formations) in humans; AA, AS, SS. For this paper an attempt has been made to apply the chi square on some variables, and the other variables we used frequency and percentage, by adopting a questionnaire for obtaining information on the rate of genotype participation within Kano state metropolitan area. The data collected include the knowledge of genotype and participation in genotype test, the result obtained shows that there is significant relationship between knowledge about genotype test and genotype test participations 8.713 % and also there is significant relationship between genotype test participation and blood group test   49.532 % moreover there significant relationship between Genotype test participation before getting marriage and having carrier or sickle cell among the children 66.679% for chi square.