Microsatellite Diversity among Three Endogamous Tamil Populations Suggests Their Origin from a Separate Dravidian Genetic Pool

Human Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 673-685

  Sitalaximi, T ^a   Trivedi, R ^a   Kashyap, V K ^a  

^a CENTRAL FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Dravidian; Microsatellite; Origin; Pallar; Population genetics; Tamil population; Tanjore Kallar; Vanniyar

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE POOL; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INDIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 1642454801     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hub.2003.0079     Document Type: Article

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