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Ancestry and interrelationships of the Indians and their relationship with other world populations: A study based on mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms*

Ancestry and interrelationships of the Indians and their relationship with other world... Mitochondrial DNA variation was studied in 100 Indians using the same set of six restriction enzymes used in the study of other world ethnic groups in order to compare and discern possible relationships of the Indian populations. Twenty nine mtDNA types were found including the ones from an earlier study (Semino et al. 1991) and unweighted pair‐group method (UPGMA) and maximum parsimony trees were constructed using the mtDNA types. The nucleotide diversity values were calculated using the maximum likelihood method. From a study of the shared mitochondrial DNA types and the parsimony tree (Fig. 2) we came to the conclusion that the Indian population is closer to Caucasians and has an admixture with Asians. The North Indian population appears to have a recent admixture of the Caucasian mtDNA types which is absent in the south. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Human Genetics Wiley

Ancestry and interrelationships of the Indians and their relationship with other world populations: A study based on mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms*

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Wiley
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Copyright © 1996 Wiley Subscription Services
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0003-4800
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1469-1809
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10.1111/j.1469-1809.1996.tb00439.x
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Abstract

Mitochondrial DNA variation was studied in 100 Indians using the same set of six restriction enzymes used in the study of other world ethnic groups in order to compare and discern possible relationships of the Indian populations. Twenty nine mtDNA types were found including the ones from an earlier study (Semino et al. 1991) and unweighted pair‐group method (UPGMA) and maximum parsimony trees were constructed using the mtDNA types. The nucleotide diversity values were calculated using the maximum likelihood method. From a study of the shared mitochondrial DNA types and the parsimony tree (Fig. 2) we came to the conclusion that the Indian population is closer to Caucasians and has an admixture with Asians. The North Indian population appears to have a recent admixture of the Caucasian mtDNA types which is absent in the south.

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Annals of Human Genetics – Wiley

Published: Jan 1, 1996

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