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Microsatellite diversity in Andhra Pradesh, India: genetic stratification versus social stratification.
Human biology - 1 Dec 2005
Reddy B Mohan, Naidu V M, Madhavi V Komal, Thangaraj L K, Kumar Vikrant, Langstieh B T, Venkatramana P, Reddy A G, Singh Lalji
Abstract excerpt
DNA samples of 948 individuals belonging to 27 populations from southern Andhra Pradesh were analyzed for nine AmpFlSTR Profiler Plus loci. The nature and extent of genomic diversity within and between these populations have been examined with reference to socioeconomic and geographic affiliations. The results suggest that the average heterozygosity is uniformly high in these populations (> 0.80) and that the...
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