Genetic variation in South Indian castes: Evidence from Y-chromosome, mitochondrial, and autosomal polymorphisms

BMC Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Watkins, W Scott ^a   Thara, R ^b   Mowry, Bryan J ^c,d   Zhang, Y ^a   Witherspoon, David J ^a   Tolpinrud, Whitney ^a   Bamshad, M J ^e   Tirupati, Srinivasan ^b   Padmavati, Raman ^b   Smith, Heather ^c,d   Nancarrow, Derek ^c,d   Filippich, Cheryl ^a   Jorde, L B ^a  

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

^b SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOSOME; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIA; MITOCHONDRION; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; Y CHROMOSOME; ALLELE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 58249120648     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-86     Document Type: Article

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