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SUBMITTER: Singh M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6194109 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Singh Mugdha M Sarkar Anujit A Nandineni Madhusudan R MR
Scientific reports 20181018 1
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 focu ...[more]