Polarity and temporality of high-resolution Y-chromosome distributions in India identify both indigenous and exogenous expansions and reveal minor genetic influence of Central Asian pastoralists

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 202-221

  Sengupta, Sanghamitra ^a   Zhivotovsky, Lev A ^b   King, Roy ^c   Mehdi, S Q ^d   Edmonds, Christopher A ^c   Chow, Cheryl Emiliane T ^c   Lin, Alice A ^c   Mitra, Mitashree ^e   Sil, Samir K ^f   Ramesh, A ^g   Rani, M V Usha ^h   Thakur, Chitra M ⁱ   Cavalli Sforza, L Luca ^c   Majumder, Partha P ^a   Underhill, Peter A ^c  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Dr A Q Khan Research Laboratories   (Pakistan)

^e PT RAVISHANKAR SHUKLA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f University of Tripura   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^h BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

ⁱ B J WADIA HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENE POOL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOLOCENE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 31544467616     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/499411     Document Type: Article

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