Microsatellite diversity reveals the interplay of language and geography in shaping genetic differentiation of diverse Proto-Australoid populations of west-central India

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 260-267

  Gaikwad, Sonali ^a   Vasulu, T S ^b   Kashyap, V K ^a  

^a CENTRAL FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Geography; Language; Microsatellite loci; Proto Australoid populations; West central India

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; LANGUAGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 31344469622     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20283     Document Type: Article

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