The genetic heritage of the earliest settlers persists both in Indian tribal and caste populations

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 313-332

  Kivisild, Toomas ^a,g,h   Rootsi, S ^a   Metspalu, M ^a   Mastana, S ^b   Kaldma, K ^a   Parik, J ^a   Metspalu, E ^a   Adojaan, M ^a   Tolk, H V ^a   Stepanov, V ^c   Golge M ^d   Usanga, E ^e   Papiha, S S ^f   Cinnioglu C ^g   King, R ^g   Cavalli Sforza, L ^g   Underhill, P A ^g   Villems, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^f NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLADISTICS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE POOL; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIA; INDIAN; INHERITANCE; MIGRATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POLYPHYLY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0037318763     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/346068     Document Type: Article

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