Y-chromosome haplogroup diversity in the sub-Himalayan Terai and Duars populations of East India

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 765-771

  Debnath, Monojit ^a   Palanichamy, Malliya G ^a,b   Mitra, Bikash ^b,c   Jin, Jie Qiong ^a   Chaudhuri, Tapas K ^c   Zhang, Ya Ping ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

Author keywords

admixture; Duars; gene pool; haplogroup; sub Himalayan populations; Terai; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE POOL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MARKER GENE; MIGRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATERNALISM; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; Y CHROMOSOME;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 82255163385     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2011.98     Document Type: Article

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