Directional migration in the Hindu castes: Inferences from mitochondrial, autosomal and Y-chromosomal data

Human Genetics

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-229

  Wooding, Stephen ^a   Ostler, Christopher ^a   Prasad, B V Ravi ^b,c   Watkins, W Scott ^a   Sung, Sandy ^a   Bamshad, Mike ^a   Jorde, Lynn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Anthropological Survey of India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INDIA; MALE; MOTHER; PATERNALISM; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; Y CHROMOSOME; ADULT; GENETICS; MIGRATION; POPULATION GENETICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HINDUISM; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 4344614879     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-004-1130-x     Document Type: Article

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