“Like sugar in milk”: reconstructing the genetic history of the Parsi population

“Like sugar in milk”: reconstructing the genetic history of the Parsi population

Abstract Background The Parsis are one of the smallest religious communities in the world. To understand the population structure and demographic history of this group in detail, we analyzed Indian and Pakistani Parsi populations using high-resolution genetic variation data on autosomal and uniparen...

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Main Authors: Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Qasim Ayub, Niraj Rai, Satya Prakash, Veena Mushrif-Tripathy, Massimo Mezzavilla, Ajai Kumar Pathak, Rakesh Tamang, Sadaf Firasat, Maere Reidla, Monika Karmin, Deepa Selvi Rani, Alla G. Reddy, Jüri Parik, Ene Metspalu, Siiri Rootsi, Kurush Dalal, Shagufta Khaliq, Syed Qasim Mehdi, Lalji Singh, Mait Metspalu, Toomas Kivisild, Chris Tyler-Smith, Richard Villems, Kumarasamy Thangaraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Genome Biology
Subjects:
Parsi
Zoroastrian
autosomes
mtDNA
Y chromosome
ancient DNA
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-017-1244-9

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