A comprehensive portrait of Y-STR diversity of Indian populations and comparison with 129 worldwide populations.

ABSTRACT: India, known for its rich cultural, linguistic and ethnic diversity, has attracted the attention of population geneticists to understand its genetic diversity employing autosomal, Y-chromosomal and mitochondrial DNA markers. Y-chromosomal short tandem repeats (Y-STRs) are useful in understanding population substructures and reveal the patrilineal affinities among populations. Previous studies on Indian populations based on Y-STR markers were either limited to restricted number of markers or focused on few selected populations. In this study we genotyped 407 unrelated male individuals from 12 states in India employing the suite of Y-STRs present in PowerPlex Y23 (Promega, Madison, WI, USA). These populations clustered genetically close to each other irrespective of their geographic co-ordin

SUBMITTER: Singh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6194109 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature