Genetic admixture studies on four in situ evolved, two migrant and twenty-one ethnic populations of Tamil Nadu, south India

Journal of Genetics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-202

  Suhasini, G ^a,b,c   Sonaa, E ^c   Shila, S ^c   Srikumari, C R ^a   Jayaraman, G ^a   Ramesh, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b STANLEY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c VRR Diagnosis and Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

admixture; Dravidian; human genetics; mitochondrial DNA; south India

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; RELIGION; SOCIAL CLASS;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; PHYLOGENY; RELIGION; SOCIAL CLASS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 80053131662     PISSN: 00221333     EISSN: 09737731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12041-011-0067-9     Document Type: Article

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