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YAP insertion signature in South Asia.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000
Chandrasekar A, Saheb S Y, Gangopadyaya P, Gangopadyaya S, Mukherjee A, Basu D, Lakshmi G R, Sahani A K, Das B, Battacharya S, Kumar S, Xaviour D, Sun D, Rao V R
Abstract excerpt
A total of 2169 samples from 21 tribal populations from different regions of India were scanned for the Y-chromosome Alu polymorphism. This study reports, for the first time, high frequencies (8-65%) of Y Alu polymorphic (YAP) insertion in northeast Indian tribes. All seven Jarawa samples from the Andaman and Nicobar islands had the YAP insertion, in conformity with an earlier study of Andaman Islanders. One...
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