High-resolution analysis of Y-chromosomal polymorphisms reveals signatures of population movements from central Asia and West Asia into India

@article{Mukherjee2007HighresolutionAO,
  title={High-resolution analysis of Y-chromosomal polymorphisms reveals signatures of population movements from central Asia and West Asia into India},
  author={Namita Mukherjee and Almut Nebel and Ariella Oppenheim and Partha P. Majumder},
  journal={Journal of Genetics},
  year={2007},
  volume={80},
  pages={125-135}
}
Linguistic evidence suggests that West Asia and Central Asia have been the two major geographical sources of genes in the contemporary Indian gene pool. To test the nature and extent of similarities in the gene pools of these regions we have collected DNA samples from four ethnic populations of northern India, and have screened these samples for a set of 18 Y-chromosome polymorphic markers (12 unique event polymorphisms and six short tandem repeats). These data from Indian populations have been… 
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