Y chromosome haplogroup distribution in Indo-European speaking tribes of Gujarat, western India.

ABSTRACT: The present study was carried out in the Indo-European speaking tribal population groups of Southern Gujarat, India to investigate and reconstruct their paternal population structure and population histories. The role of language, ethnicity and geography in determining the observed pattern of Y haplogroup clustering in the study populations was also examined. A set of 48 bi-allelic markers on the non-recombining region of Y chromosome (NRY) were analysed in 284 males; representing nine Indo-European speaking tribal populations. The genetic structure of the populations revealed that none of these groups was overtly admixed or completely isolated. However, elevated haplogroup diversity and FST value point towards greater diversity and differentiation which suggests the possibility of early d

SUBMITTER: Khurana P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3948632 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature