Presence of three different paternal lineages among North Indians: A study of 560 Y chromosomes

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-59

  Zhao, Zhongming ^a,b   Khan, Faisal ^c   Borkar, Minal ^c   Herrera, Rene ^c   Agrawal, Suraksha ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Migration; North Indians; Paternal lineages; Y chromosomal markers

Indexed keywords

CASTE SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MIGRATION; PATERNAL EFFECT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIGRATION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; RACE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FLOW; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE POOL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 57649202246     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460802558522     Document Type: Article

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