Population differentiation of southern Indian male lineages correlates with agricultural expansions predating the caste system.

Population differentiation of southern Indian male lineages correlates with agricultural expansions predating the caste system.

Previous studies that pooled Indian populations from a wide variety of geographical locations, have obtained contradictory conclusions about the processes of the establishment of the Varna caste system and its genetic impact on the origins and demographic histories of Indian populations. To further...

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Main Authors: Ganeshprasad Arunkumar, David F Soria-Hernanz, Valampuri John Kavitha, Varatharajan Santhakumari Arun, Adhikarla Syama, Kumaran Samy Ashokan, Kavandanpatti Thangaraj Gandhirajan, Koothapuli Vijayakumar, Muthuswamy Narayanan, Mariakuttikan Jayalakshmi, Janet S Ziegle, Ajay K Royyuru, Laxmi Parida, R Spencer Wells, Colin Renfrew, Theodore G Schurr, Chris Tyler Smith, Daniel E Platt, Ramasamy Pitchappan, Genographic Consortium
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3508930?pdf=render

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