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Gene flow from the Indian subcontinent to Australia: evidence from the Y chromosome.
Current biology : CB - 16 Apr 2002
Redd Alan J, Roberts-Thomson June, Karafet Tatiana, Bamshad Michael, Jorde Lynn B, Naidu J M, Walsh Bruce, Hammer Michael F
Abstract excerpt
Phenotypic similarities between Australian Aboriginal People and some tribes of India were noted by T.H. Huxley during the voyage of the Rattlesnake (1846-1850). Anthropometric studies by Birdsell led to his suggestion that a migratory wave into Australia included populations with affinities to tribal Indians. Genetic evidence for an Indian contribution to the Australian gene pool is contradictory; most studies...
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