Molecular insights into the origins of the Shompen, a declining population of the Nicobar archipelago

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-226

  Trivedi, Rajni ^a   Sitalaximi, T ^a   Banerjee, Jheelam ^a   Singh, Anamika ^a   Sircar, P K ^b   Kashyap, V K ^a,c  

^a CENTRAL FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY   (India)

^b Government of India   (India)

^c National Institute of Biologicals   (India)

Author keywords

Austro Asiatic; Autosomal; Mitochondrial; Nicobar; Shompen; Y chromosomal

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; ASIA; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE POOL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; INDIA; MITOCHONDRION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; RACE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETICS, POPULATION; INDIA;

EID: 33645242317     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-005-0349-2     Document Type: Article

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