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SUBMITTER: Shah AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3135801 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
American journal of human genetics 20110707 1
The Siddis (Afro-Indians) are a tribal population whose members live in coastal Karnataka, Gujarat, and in some parts of Andhra Pradesh. Historical records indicate that the Portuguese brought the Siddis to India from Africa about 300-500 years ago; however, there is little information about their more precise ancestral origins. Here, we perform a genome-wide survey to understand the population history of the Siddis. Using hundreds of thousands of autosomal markers, we show that they have inheri ...[more]