genetic affinities of the central indian tribal populations基因相似的印度部落人群中央.pdfVIP

Genetic Affinities of the Central Indian Tribal Populations 1. 2. 1 . 2 2 Gunjan Sharma , Rakesh Tamang , Ruchira Chaudhary * , Vipin Kumar Singh , Anish M. Shah , 2 2 2 2¤ Sharath Anugula , Deepa Selvi Rani , Alla G. Reddy , Muthukrishnan Eaaswarkhanth , Gyaneshwer 3 2,4,5 2 Chaubey , Lalji Singh , Kumarasamy Thangaraj * 1 Department of Zoology, Government Motilal Vigyan Mahavidyalaya, Bhopal, India, 2 CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India, 3 Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu and Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia, 4 Genome Foundation, Hyderabad, India, 5 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India Abstract Background: The central Indian state Madhya Pradesh is often called as ‘heart of India’ and has always been an important region functioning as a trinexus belt for three major language families (Indo-European, Dravidian and Austroasiatic). There are less detailed genetic studies on the populations inhabited in this region. Therefore, this study is an attempt for extensive characterization of genetic ancestries of three tribal populations, namely; Bharia, Bhil and Sahariya, inhabiting this region using haploid and diploid DNA markers. Methodology/Principal Findings: Mitochondrial DNA analysis showed high diversity, including some of the older sublineages of M haplogroup and prominent R lineages in a