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Influence of socio-economic transition on genetic structure: a case study in Upper Assam, India.
Annals of human biology - 1 Jan 2000
Sikdar Mithun
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BACKGROUND: Socio-economic transition with time offers us a way to understand the dynamics of evolution by studying the change in selection pressure. AIM: The present study aimed to explore the effect of temporal change in socio-economic conditions on the selection pattern of Sonowal Kachari, a major tribal population of Assam, north-east India, over a period of 31 years (from 1975 to 2006). It also attempts to...
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