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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

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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...

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PMID: 16893451
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-7-42
PMCID: PMC1569435

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