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A prehistory of Indian Y chromosomes: evaluating demic diffusion scenarios.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 24 Jan 2006
Sahoo Sanghamitra, Singh Anamika, Himabindu G, Banerjee Jheelam, Sitalaximi T, Gaikwad Sonali, Trivedi R, Endicott Phillip, Kivisild Toomas, Metspalu Mait, Villems Richard, Kashyap V K
Abstract excerpt
Understanding the genetic origins and demographic history of Indian populations is important both for questions concerning the early settlement of Eurasia and more recent events, including the appearance of Indo-Aryan languages and settled agriculture in the subcontinent. Although there is general agreement that Indian caste and tribal populations share a common late Pleistocene maternal ancestry in India, some...
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