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Influence of language and ancestry on genetic structure of contiguous populations: a microsatellite based study on populations of Orissa.
BMC genetics - 5 Feb 2005
Sahoo Sanghamitra, Kashyap V K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We have examined genetic diversity at fifteen autosomal microsatellite loci in seven predominant populations of Orissa to decipher whether populations inhabiting the same geographic region can be differentiated on the basis of language or ancestry. The studied populations have diverse historical accounts of their origin, belong to two major ethnic groups and different linguistic families. Caucasoid...
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