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Detailed mtDNA genotypes permit a reassessment of the settlement and population structure of the Andaman Islands.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 May 2008
Barik S S, Sahani R, Prasad B V R, Endicott P, Metspalu M, Sarkar B N, Bhattacharya S, Annapoorna P C H, Sreenath J, Sun D, Sanchez J J, Ho S Y W, Chandrasekar A, Rao V R
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The population genetics of the Indian subcontinent is central to understanding early human prehistory due to its strategic location on the proposed corridor of human movement from Africa to Australia during the late Pleistocene. Previous genetic research using mtDNA has emphasized the relative isolation of the late Pleistocene colonizers, and the physically isolated Andaman Island populations of Island South-East...
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