Y-chromosomal sequences of diverse Indian populations and the ancestry of the Andamanese

@article{Mondal2017YchromosomalSO,
  title={Y-chromosomal sequences of diverse Indian populations and the ancestry of the Andamanese},
  author={Mayukh Mondal and Anders Bergstr{\"o}m and Yali Xue and Francesc Calafell and Hafid Laayouni and Ferr{\'a}n Casals and Partha P. Majumder and Chris Tyler-Smith and Jaume Bertranpetit},
  journal={Human Genetics},
  year={2017},
  volume={136},
  pages={499-510}
}
We present 42 new Y-chromosomal sequences from diverse Indian tribal and non-tribal populations, including the Jarawa and Onge from the Andaman Islands, which are analysed within a calibrated Y-chromosomal phylogeny incorporating South Asian (in total 305 individuals) and worldwide (in total 1286 individuals) data from the 1000 Genomes Project. In contrast to the more ancient ancestry in the South than in the North that has been claimed, we detected very similar coalescence times within… 
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