Phylogeography of mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome haplogroups reveal asymmetric gene flow in populations of Eastern India

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 84-97

  Sahoo, Sanghamitra ^a   Kashyap, V K ^b  

^a CENTRAL FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY   (India)

^b National Institute of Biologicals   (India)

Author keywords

Genetic structure; India; Migration; Uniparental markers

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EASTERN EUROPE; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 33747617817     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20399     Document Type: Article

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