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Directional migration in the Hindu castes: inferences from mitochondrial, autosomal and Y-chromosomal data.
Human genetics - 1 Aug 2004
Wooding Stephen, Ostler Christopher, Prasad B V Ravi, Watkins W Scott, Sung Sandy, Bamshad Mike, Jorde Lynn B
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Genetic, ethnographic, and historical evidence suggests that the Hindu castes have been highly endogamous for several thousand years and that, when movement between castes does occur, it typically consists of females joining castes of higher social status. However, little is known about migration rates in these populations or the extent to which migration occurs between caste groups of low, middle, and high...
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