The Indus Valley has been the backdrop for several historic and prehistoric population
movements between South Asia and West Eurasia. However, the genetic structure of …

Human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup U is among the initial maternal founders in
Southwest Asia and Europe and one that best indicates matrilineal genetic continuity …

Human Y chromosome haplogroup J1-M267 is a common male lineage in West Asia. One
high-frequency region—encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, southern Mesopotamia, and …

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 …

Abstract Background The Kurds as an ethnic group are believed to be a combination of
earlier Indo-European tribes who migrated and inhabited a mountainous area thousands of …

The Roma population is a European ethnic minority characterized by recent and multiple
dispersals and founder effects. After their origin in South Asia around 1,500 years ago, they …

India is well-known for its autochthonous cultural, lingual and traditional diversity, which has
drawn the attention of researchers to unravel the scientific facts behind it at the genetic level …

We present 42 new Y-chromosomal sequences from diverse Indian tribal and non-tribal
populations, including the Jarawa and Onge from the Andaman Islands, which are analysed …

In the past two decades, studies of Y chromosomal single nucleotide polymorphisms (Y-
SNPs) and short tandem repeats (Y-STRs) have shed light on the demographic history of …

The Resande are a minority ethnic group in Sweden, who were characterized by an itinerant
way of life, and they have been suggested to originate from the mixture between Swedish …