MAPPING HUMAN GENETIC DIVERSITY IN ASIA: SPREAD OF PEOPLE OUT OF BHARAT 100KYA *** Jai Maharaj posts
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Mapping human genetic diversity in Asia: spread of people out of India 100kya
Saturday, December 12, 2009
http://tinyurl.com/y8f6cow (Full text)
Hugo-Consortium_2009_Science_Mapping-Human-Genetic-Diversity-in-Asia
Science 11 December 2009:
Vol. 326. no. 5959, pp. 1541 - 1545
DOI: 10.1126/science.1177074
Mapping Human Genetic Diversity in Asia
The HUGO Pan-Asian SNP Consortium
Asia harbors substantial cultural and linguistic diversity, but the
geographic structure of genetic variation across the continent
remains enigmatic. Here we report a large-scale survey of autosomal
variation from a broad geographic sample of Asian human populations.
Our results show that genetic ancestry is strongly correlated with
linguistic affiliations as well as geography. Most populations show
relatedness within ethnic/linguistic groups, despite prevalent gene
flow among populations. More than 90% of East Asian (EA) haplotypes
could be found in eitherSoutheast Asian (SEA) or Central-South Asian
(CSA) populations and show clinal structure with haplotype diversity
decreasing from south to north. Furthermore, 50% of EA haplotypes
werefound in SEA only and 5% were found in CSA only, indicating that
SEA was a major geographic source of EA populations.
Ancestors of Chinese came from India: Study
Prashanth G N
TNN
The Times of India
December 12, 2009
Bangalore - The ancestors of most Asian populations, including the
Chinese and southeast Asians, came from India, a new genetic study
across 10 countries has revealed. The study found that humans first
migrated to the Indian subcontinent from Africa some 100,000 years
ago and then spread to other parts of Asia.
"When humans moved out of Africa, there was a migration to India and
from India to southeast Asia and then east Asia, and finally to the
Americas. So, all Asians have a genetic connection with India,"
Mitali Mukerji, a scientist from the Institute of Genomics and
Integrative Biology who was in the team, said.
The study -- Mapping Human Genetic History in Asia -- was conducted
in 10 Asian countries including India. Apart from the Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research DG Samir Brahmachari, the Indian
study team comprised eight members and some students from IGIB,New
Delhi, anthropologist Partha Majumdar and researchers from the Centre
for Genomic Applications.
The study contradicts earlier findings that humans directly went to
East Asia from Africa. The study found remarkable similarities
between the Dravidian population of south India and specific
populations in Malaysia and Singapore. More interestingly, north
Indians and Dravidians, too, were found to be genetically connected -
- meaning there are similarities in their gene structures.
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hari....@indero.com
to the valid genetic history of s. asia. This entire article is with
reference to the original movement from africa to s. asia some 70000
years ago and then from there to the entire euroasian landmass.
It does not mention the later genetic history of movements much later in
the 3000 year horizon from central asia into s. asia, which jay
stevens,aka dr. jai etc. would rather not be mentioned.
If he wants us to know of some of it, he should want us to know all of
it, and do so with a smile on his face.
An interesting question is why a non-indian would care?