The Indian origin of paternal haplogroup R1a1* substantiates the autochthonous origin of Brahmins and the caste system

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-55

  Sharma, Swarkar ^a,b   Rai, Ekta ^a,b   Sharma, Prithviraj ^a,c   Jena, Mamata ^a   Singh, Shweta ^a   Darvishi, Katayoon ^a   Bhat, Audesh K ^a   Bhanwer, A J S ^b   Tiwari, Pramod Kumar ^c   Bamezai, Rameshwar N K ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c JIWAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Caste system; Indian population; R1a1; Y haplogroup

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PAKISTAN; PATERNITY; PHYLOGENY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; Y CHROMOSOME; ASIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FATHER; GENE POOL; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ASIA, CENTRAL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DATABASES, GENETIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; FATHERS; GENE POOL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58849105478     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2008.2     Document Type: Article

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