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Genetic affinities among the lower castes and tribal groups of India: inference from Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA.
BMC genetics - 7 Aug 2006
Thanseem Ismail, Thangaraj Kumarasamy, Chaubey Gyaneshwer, Singh Vijay Kumar, Bhaskar Lakkakula V K S, Reddy B Mohan, Reddy Alla G, Singh Lalji
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: India is a country with enormous social and cultural diversity due to its positioning on the crossroads of many historic and pre-historic human migrations. The hierarchical caste system in the Hindu society dominates the social structure of the Indian populations. The origin of the caste system in India is a matter of debate with many linguists and anthropologists suggesting that it began with the...
Topics
- Chromosomes, Human, Y
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Geography
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- India
- Male
- Phylogeny
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide