Alu polymorphic insertions reveal genetic structure of North Indian populations

Human Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 483-499

  Tripathi, Manorama ^a,b   Tripathi, Piyush ^a   Chauhan, Ugam Kumari ^b   Herrera, Rene J ^c   Agrawal, Suraksha ^a  

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

^b A P S UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ALU insertion; Caste system; Genetic diversity; Human evolution; North Indian populations

Indexed keywords

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE FLOW; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MOSLEM; PHYLOGENY; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS; VARIANCE; ALLELE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; INDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; ALU ELEMENTS; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HINDUISM; HUMANS; INDIA; ISLAM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 67449094271     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/1534-6617-80.5.483     Document Type: Article

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