The Indian origin of paternal haplogroup R1a1* substantiates the autochthonous origin of Brahmins and the caste system

2009/01/01 by Swarkar Sharma, Ekta Rai, Prithviraj Sharma +10 · 6 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Allele #Ancient history #Biology #Caste #Demography #Evolutionary biology #Forensic and Genetic Research #Gene #Genetic diversity and population structure #Genetics #Geography #Haplogroup #Haplotype #History #Indian subcontinent #Lineage (genetic) #Political science #Population #Sociology #Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research

paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/jhg.2008.2

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• Indo-Aryan migrations [wikipedia]