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Ahlawat B, Dewangan H, Pasupuleti N, Dwivedi A, Rajpal R, Pandey S, Kumar L, Thangaraj K, Rai N. Investigating linguistic and genetic shifts in East Indian tribal groups. Heliyon 2024; 10:e34354. [PMID: 39082022 PMCID: PMC11284423 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 07/06/2024] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/02/2024] Open
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South Asia is home to almost a quarter of the world's total population and is home to significant ethnolinguistic diversity. Previous studies of linguistic and genetic affiliations of Indian populations suggest that the formation of these distinct groups was a protracted and complex phenomenon involving multiple waves of migration, cultural assimilation, and genetic admixture. The evolutionary processes of migration, mixing and merging of populations thus impact the culture and linguistic diversity of different groups, some of which may retain their linguistic affinities despite genetic admixture with other groups, or vice versa. Our study examines the relationship of genetic and linguistic affinities between Austroasiatic and Indo-European speakers in adjacent geographical regions of Eastern India. We analyzed 224 mitogenomes and 0.65 million SNP genotypes from 40 unrelated individuals belonging to the Bathudi, Bhumij, Ho, and Mahali ethnic groups from the Eastern Indian state of Odisha. These four groups are speakers of Austroasiatic languages who have adopted elements from Indo-European languages spoken in neighbouring regions. Our results suggest that these groups have the greatest maternal genetic affinity with other Austroasiatic-speaking groups in India. Allele frequency-based analyses, genome-wide SNPs, haplotype-based methods and IBD sharing further support the genetic similarity of these East Indian groups to Austroasiatic speakers of South Asia rather than regional populations speaking Indo-European and Dravidian languages. Our study shows that these populations experienced linguistic mixing, likely due to industrialization and modernization that brought them into close cultural contact with neighbouring Indo-European-speaking groups. However, linguistic change in these groups is not reflected in genetic mixing in these populations, as they appear to maintain strict genetic boundaries while simultaneously experiencing cultural mixing.
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- Bhavna Ahlawat
- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, 226007, India
- Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India
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- Shreyanshi Health Care Private Limited, Raipur, Chattisgarh, 492001, India
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- CSIR—Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500007, India
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- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, 226007, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, 226007, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, 226007, India
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- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, 226007, India
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- CSIR—Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500007, India
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- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, 226007, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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Biddanda A, Bandyopadhyay E, de la Fuente Castro C, Witonsky D, Urban Aragon JA, Pasupuleti N, Moots HM, Fonseca R, Freilich S, Stanisavic J, Willis T, Menon A, Mustak MS, Kodira CD, Naren AP, Sikdar M, Rai N, Raghavan M. Distinct positions of genetic and oral histories: Perspectives from India. HGG ADVANCES 2024; 5:100305. [PMID: 38720459 PMCID: PMC11153255 DOI: 10.1016/j.xhgg.2024.100305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2024] [Revised: 05/04/2024] [Accepted: 05/04/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
Abstract
Over the past decade, genomic data have contributed to several insights on global human population histories. These studies have been met both with interest and critically, particularly by populations with oral histories that are records of their past and often reference their origins. While several studies have reported concordance between oral and genetic histories, there is potential for tension that may stem from genetic histories being prioritized or used to confirm community-based knowledge and ethnography, especially if they differ. To investigate the interplay between oral and genetic histories, we focused on the southwestern region of India and analyzed whole-genome sequence data from 156 individuals identifying as Bunt, Kodava, Nair, and Kapla. We supplemented limited anthropological records on these populations with oral history accounts from community members and historical literature, focusing on references to non-local origins such as the ancient Scythians in the case of Bunt, Kodava, and Nair, members of Alexander the Great's army for the Kodava, and an African-related source for Kapla. We found these populations to be genetically most similar to other Indian populations, with the Kapla more similar to South Indian tribal populations that maximize a genetic ancestry related to Ancient Ancestral South Indians. We did not find evidence of additional genetic sources in the study populations than those known to have contributed to many other present-day South Asian populations. Our results demonstrate that oral and genetic histories may not always provide consistent accounts of population origins and motivate further community-engaged, multi-disciplinary investigations of non-local origin stories in these communities.
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- Arjun Biddanda
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Programa de Genética Humana, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Applied Zoology, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Karnataka 574199, India
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; Department of Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3DZ, UK
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- Department of Applied Zoology, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri, Karnataka 574199, India
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Anthropological Survey of India, Mysore, Karnataka 570026, India
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- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226007, India.
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
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The matrilineal ancestry of Nepali populations. Hum Genet 2023; 142:167-180. [PMID: 36242641 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-022-02488-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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The Tibetan plateau and high mountain ranges of Nepal are one of the challenging geographical regions inhabited by modern humans. While much of the ethnographic and population-based genetic studies were carried out to investigate the Tibetan and Sherpa highlanders, little is known about the demographic processes that enabled the colonization of the hilly areas of Nepal. Thus, the present study aimed to investigate the past demographic events that shaped the extant Nepalese genetic diversity using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variations from ethnic Nepalese groups. We have analyzed mtDNA sequences of 999 Nepalese and compared data with 38,622 published mtDNA sequences from rest of the world. Our analysis revealed that the genomic landscapes of prehistoric Himalayan settlers of Nepal were similar to that of the low-altitude extant Nepalese (LAN), especially Newar and Magar population groups, but differ from contemporary high-altitude Sherpas. LAN might have derived their East Eurasian ancestry mainly from low-altitude Tibeto-Burmans, who likely have migrated from East Asia and assimilated across the Eastern Himalayas extended from the Eastern Nepal to the North-East of India, Bhutan, Tibet and Northern Myanmar. We also identified a clear genetic sub-structure across different ethnic groups of Nepal based on mtDNA haplogroups and ectodysplasin-A receptor (EDAR) gene polymorphism. Our comprehensive high-resolution mtDNA-based genetic study of Tibeto-Burman communities reconstructs the maternal origins of prehistoric Himalayan populations and sheds light on migration events that have brought most of the East Eurasian ancestry to the present-day Nepalese population.
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Sehrawat JS, Agrawal S, Sankhyan D, Singh M, Kumar S, Prakash S, Rajpal R, Chaubey G, Thangaraj K, Rai N. Pinpointing the Geographic Origin of 165-Year-Old Human Skeletal Remains Found in Punjab, India: Evidence From Mitochondrial DNA and Stable Isotope Analysis. Front Genet 2022; 13:813934. [PMID: 35571044 PMCID: PMC9095824 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.813934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In 2014, 157 years after the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, several unidentified human skeletons were discovered in an abandoned well at Ajnala, Punjab. The most prevailing hypothesis suggested them as Indian soldiers who mutinied during the Indian uprising of 1857. However, there is an intense debate on their geographic affinity. Therefore, to pinpoint their area of origin, we have successfully isolated DNA from cementum-rich material of 50 good-quality random teeth samples and analyzed mtDNA haplogroups. In addition to that, we analyzed 85 individuals for oxygen isotopes (δ18O values). The mtDNA haplogroup distribution and clustering pattern rejected the local ancestry and indicated their genetic link with the populations living east of Punjab. In addition, the oxygen isotope analysis (δ18O values) from archaeological skeletal remains corroborated the molecular data and suggested the closest possible geographical affinity of these skeletal remains toward the eastern part of India, largely covering the Gangetic plain region. The data generated from this study are expected to expand our understanding of the ancestry and population affinity of martyr soldiers.
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- J S Sehrawat
- Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Anthropology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
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- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
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- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
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- Cytogenetic Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India.,Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, India
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- Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, India
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Novel insights on demographic history of tribal and caste groups from West Maharashtra (India) using genome-wide data. Sci Rep 2020; 10:10075. [PMID: 32572090 PMCID: PMC7308293 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66953-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The South Asian subcontinent is characterized by a complex history of human migrations and population interactions. In this study, we used genome-wide data to provide novel insights on the demographic history and population relationships of six Indo-European populations from the Indian State of West Maharashtra. The samples correspond to two castes (Deshastha Brahmins and Kunbi Marathas) and four tribal groups (Kokana, Warli, Bhil and Pawara). We show that tribal groups have had much smaller effective population sizes than castes, and that genetic drift has had a higher impact in tribal populations. We also show clear affinities between the Bhil and Pawara tribes, and to a lesser extent, between the Warli and Kokana tribes. Our comparisons with available modern and ancient DNA datasets from South Asia indicate that the Brahmin caste has higher Ancient Iranian and Steppe pastoralist contributions than the Kunbi Marathas caste. Additionally, in contrast to the two castes, tribal groups have very high Ancient Ancestral South Indian (AASI) contributions. Indo-European tribal groups tend to have higher Steppe contributions than Dravidian tribal groups, providing further support for the hypothesis that Steppe pastoralists were the source of Indo-European languages in South Asia, as well as Europe.
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Srivastava A, Singh PP, Bandopadhyay A, Singh P, Das D, Tamang R, Chaubey AK, Shrivastava P, van Driem G, Chaubey G. Genetic and linguistic non-correspondence suggests evidence for collective social climbing in the Kol tribe of South Asia. Sci Rep 2020; 10:5593. [PMID: 32221319 PMCID: PMC7101412 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-61941-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Both classical and recent genetic studies have unanimously concluded that the genetic landscape of South Asia is unique. At long distances the ‘isolation-by-distance’ model appears to correspond well with the genetic data, whereas at short distances several other factors, including the caste, have been shown to be strong determinant factors. In addition with these, tribal populations speaking various languages add yet another layer of genetic complexity. The Kol are the third most populous tribal population in India, comprising communities speaking Austroasiatic languages of the Northern Munda branch. Yet, the Kol have not hitherto undergone in-depth genetic analysis. In the present study, we have analysed two Kol groups of central and western India for hundreds thousands of autosomal and several mitochondrial DNA makers to infer their fine genetic structure and affinities to other Eurasian populations. In contrast, with their known linguistic affinity, the Kol share their more recent common ancestry with the Indo-European and Dravidian speaking populations. The geographic-genetic neighbour tests at both the temporal and spatial levels have suggested some degree of excess allele sharing of Kol1 with Kol2, thereby indicating their common stock. Our extensive analysis on the Kol ethnic group shows South Asia to be a living genetics lab, where real-time tests can be performed on existing hypotheses.
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- Anshika Srivastava
- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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- Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 700019, India
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- Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Singrauli, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalay, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, 462038, India
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- DNA Fingerprinting Unit, State Forensic Science Laboratory, Department of Home (Police), Government of MP, Sagar, 470001, India
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- Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Bern, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.,Sydney Social Sciences and Humanities Advanced Research Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India. .,Estonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, 51010, Estonia.
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Singh M, Sarkar A, Kumar D, Nandineni MR. The genetic affinities of Gujjar and Ladakhi populations of India. Sci Rep 2020; 10:2055. [PMID: 32029844 PMCID: PMC7005309 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59061-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh in North India owing to their unique geographic location offer a wide variety of landscape from plains to high altitudes and is a congruence of many languages and cultural practices. Here, we present the genetic diversity studies of Gujjars from Jammu region of J&K and Ladakhi population based on a battery of autosomal single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and short tandem repeats (STRs), Y-chromosomal STRs and the control region of the mitochondrial genome. These two populations were observed to be genetically distant to each other as well as to other populations from India. Interestingly, Y-STR analyses showed a closer affinity of Gujjars to other nomadic populations of Pashtuns from Baghlans and Kunduz provinces of Afghanistan and Pashtuns and Sindhis of Pakistan. Gujjars exhibited lesser genetic diversity as compared to Ladakhi population. M30f and M9 were the most abundant mitochondrial haplogroups observed among Gujjars and Ladakhis, respectively. A lower matrilineal to patrilineal diversity was observed for both these populations. The current study presents the first comprehensive analysis of Gujjars and Ladakhis and reveals their unique genetic affiliations with other populations of the world.
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- Mugdha Singh
- Laboratory of Genomics and Profiling Applications, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Uppal, Hyderabad, Telangana State, India
- Graduate studies, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Laboratory of Genomics and Profiling Applications, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Uppal, Hyderabad, Telangana State, India.
- Laboratory of DNA Fingerprinting Services, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Uppal, Hyderabad, Telangana State, India.
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Ethnogenetic analysis reveals that Kohistanis of Pakistan were genetically linked to west Eurasians by a probable ancestral genepool from Eurasian steppe in the bronze age. Mitochondrion 2019; 47:82-93. [PMID: 31103559 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2019.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2018] [Revised: 04/06/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Despite the unique geographic, ethnic, social and cultural features of Kohistan in Pakistan, the origin and descent of Kohistanis remain still obscure. In an effort to address questions concerning the genetic structure, origin and genetic affinities of Kohistanis, we herein applied an ethnogenetic approach consisting on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) analysis and dental morphology analysis. We sequenced HVS1 of mtDNA, observed 14 haplotypes and assigned a total of 9 haplogroups belonging to macrolineages M (17%) and N (83%). Genetic diversity estimates in Kohistanis (Hd = 0.910 ± 0.014; Pi = 0.019 ± 0.001; θw = 0.019 ± 0.006) were similar to that of previous studies in other Pakistani populations. Overall, the analyses of dental morphology and mtDNA profile of Kohistanis resulted in similar findings. All the analyses indicate that Kohistanis share affinities to populations from Europe, Near East, Central Asia and South Asia. The Kohistani HVS1 haplotype 2 shares 100% identity to HVS1 haplotypes across the Europe. These results in light of recent insights into ancient genomics lead us to conclude that ancestry from Eurasian Steppe genetically linked Kohistanis to all these populations in the Bronze Age. This is consistent with linguistic evidence and also with the Indo-Aryan migration model for the peopling of South Asia.
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A simultaneous search for footprints of early human migration processes using the genetic and folk music data in Eurasia. Mol Genet Genomics 2019; 294:941-962. [PMID: 30949847 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-019-01539-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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In this study, we aimed to illustrate the efficiency of correlation analysis of musical and genetic data for certain common ethnic and ethno-musical roots of mankind. The comparison of the results to archaeogenetic data shows that correlations of recent musical and genetic data may reveal past cultural and migration processes resulting in recent connections. The significance tests verified our hypothesis supposing that propagation of oral musical traditions can be related to early human migration processes is well-founded, because the multidimensional point system determined by the inverse rank vectors of correlating Hg-UCT pairs has a very clear structure. We found that associations of Hgs jointly propagating with associations of UCTs (Unified Contour Type) can be identified as significant complex components in both modern and ancient populations, thus, modern populations can be considered as admixtures of these ancient Hg associations. It also seems obvious to conclude that these ancient Hg associations strewed their musical "parent languages" during their migrations, and the correlating UCTs of these musical parent languages may also be basic components of the recent folk music cultures. Thus, we can draw a hypothetical picture of the main characteristics of ancient musical cultures. Modern and prehistoric populations belonging to a common Hg-UCT association are located to very similar geographical areas, consequently, recent folk music cultures are basically determined by prehistoric migrations. Our study could be considered as an initial step in analysis of the correlations of prehistoric and recent musical and genetic characteristics of human evolution history.
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Sylvester C, Krishna MS, Rao JS, Chandrasekar A. Maternal genetic link of a south Dravidian tribe with native Iranians indicating bidirectional migration. Ann Hum Biol 2019; 46:175-180. [PMID: 30909755 DOI: 10.1080/03014460.2019.1599067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Background: The phylogeny of major mitochondrial DNA haplogroups has played a key role in assessing the people of India through molecular genetics. Aim: To resolve the phylogeny and phylogeographic pattern of autochthonous haplogroup R with its descendant haplogroup U in the Urali Kuruman tribal population of Southern India. Subjects and methods: Complete mitogenome sequences of 40 individuals were amplified and sequenced using the Sanger sequencing method. Mutations were scored referring to the revised Cambridge reference sequence, and phylogenetic trees were constructed using previously described sequences. Results: Novel sub-lineages of haplogroup R30: R30a1c1, and U1: U1a1c1d2, U1a1c1d2a were identified. Urali Kurumans pooled ancestry with the native Iranians sharing the sub-haplogroups R30a1c and U1a1c1d. The coalescence ages estimated for the sub-haplogroup R30a1c dates ∼ 9.4 ± 3.5 Kya and for subclade U1a1c1d dates ∼ 9.1 ± 2.7 Kya. Conclusion: The study revealed a genetic link between Iran and South Asia in the Neolithic time, indicating bidirectional migration and admixture.
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- Charles Sylvester
- a Department of Studies in Zoology , University of Mysore , Mysore , India.,b Southern Regional Center , Anthropological Survey of India , Mysore , India
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- b Southern Regional Center , Anthropological Survey of India , Mysore , India
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Sylvester C, Krishna MS, Rao JS, Chandrasekar A. Neolithic phylogenetic continuity inferred from complete mitochondrial DNA sequences in a tribal population of Southern India. Genetica 2018; 146:383-389. [PMID: 30032461 DOI: 10.1007/s10709-018-0030-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The subsequent human migrations that dispersed out of Africa, both prehistoric and historic and colonization of India by modern humans is unanimous, and phylogeny of major mitochondrial DNA haplogroups have played a key role in assessing the genetic origin of people of India. To address more such events, complete mitogenomes of 113 Melakudiya tribe of Southern India were sequenced and 46 individuals showed the presence of west Eurasian autochthonous haplogroups HV14 and U7. Phylogenetic analysis revealed two novel subclades HV14a1b and HV14a1b1 and sequences representing haplogroup U7 were included under previously described subclade U7a3a1a2* specific to India. Moreover, the present analysis on complete mtDNA reveals addition information of the spread and distribution of west Eurasian haplogroups in southern India, in tracing an unexplored genetic link between Melakudiya tribe with the people of Iranian Plateau, South Caucasus, and Central Asia. Coalescence ages of HV14 and U7a3a1a2* trees in the present study dates ~ 16.1 ± 4.3 and ~ 13.4 ± 5.6 kya respectively.
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- Charles Sylvester
- Department of Studies in Zoology, University of Mysore, Mysore, India.,Anthropological Survey of India, Southern Regional Center, Mysore, India
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- Anthropological Survey of India, Southern Regional Center, Mysore, India
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Bhatti S, Abbas S, Aslamkhan M, Attimonelli M, Trinidad MS, Aydin HH, de Souza EMS, Gonzalez GR. Genetic perspective of uniparental mitochondrial DNA landscape on the Punjabi population, Pakistan. Mitochondrial DNA A DNA Mapp Seq Anal 2017; 29:714-726. [PMID: 28745560 DOI: 10.1080/24701394.2017.1350951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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To investigate the uniparental genetic structure of the Punjabi population from mtDNA aspect and to set up an appropriate mtDNA forensic database, we studied maternally unrelated Punjabi (N = 100) subjects from two caste groups (i.e. Arain and Gujar) belonging to territory of Punjab. The complete control region was elucidated by Sanger sequencing and the subsequent 58 different haplotypes were designated into appropriate haplogroups according to the most recently updated mtDNA phylogeny. We found a homogenous dispersal of Eurasian haplogroup uniformity among the Punjab Province and exhibited a strong connotation with the European populations. Punjabi castes are primarily a composite of substantial South Asian, East Asian and West Eurasian lineages. Moreover, for the first time we have defined the newly sub-haplogroup M52b1 characterized by 16223 T, 16275 G and 16438 A in Gujar caste. The vast array of mtDNA variants displayed in this study suggested that the haplogroup composition radiates signals of extensive genetic conglomeration, population admixture and demographic expansion that was equipped with diverse origin, whereas matrilineal gene pool was phylogeographically homogenous across the Punjab. This context was further fully acquainted with the facts supported by PCA scatterplot that Punjabi population clustered with South Asian populations. Finally, the high power of discrimination (0.8819) and low random match probability (0.0085%) proposed a worthy contribution of mtDNA control region dataset as a forensic database that considered a gold standard of today to get deeper insight into the genetic ancestry of contemporary matrilineal phylogeny.
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- Shahzad Bhatti
- a Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Biology , University of Health Sciences Lahore , Lahore , Pakistan.,b Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology , University of Lahore , Lahore , Pakistan
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- b Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology , University of Lahore , Lahore , Pakistan
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- a Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Biology , University of Health Sciences Lahore , Lahore , Pakistan
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- c Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics , University of Bari , Bari , Italy
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- d Universidad National Autonoma de Mexico , Facultad de Medicinia , Ciudad de Mexico , Mexico
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- e Department of Medical Biochemistry , Ege University School of Medicine , Izmir , Turkey
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- f Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa, Manaus Programa de Pós Graduação em Genética , Conservação e Biologia Evolutiva , Manaus , Brazil
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Larruga JM, Marrero P, Abu-Amero KK, Golubenko MV, Cabrera VM. Carriers of mitochondrial DNA macrohaplogroup R colonized Eurasia and Australasia from a southeast Asia core area. BMC Evol Biol 2017; 17:115. [PMID: 28535779 PMCID: PMC5442693 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-0964-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2017] [Accepted: 05/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The colonization of Eurasia and Australasia by African modern humans has been explained, nearly unanimously, as the result of a quick southern coastal dispersal route through the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian subcontinent, and the Indochinese Peninsula, to reach Australia around 50 kya. The phylogeny and phylogeography of the major mitochondrial DNA Eurasian haplogroups M and N have played the main role in giving molecular genetics support to that scenario. However, using the same molecular tools, a northern route across central Asia has been invoked as an alternative that is more conciliatory with the fossil record of East Asia. Here, we assess as the Eurasian macrohaplogroup R fits in the northern path. RESULTS Haplogroup U, with a founder age around 50 kya, is one of the oldest clades of macrohaplogroup R in western Asia. The main branches of U expanded in successive waves across West, Central and South Asia before the Last Glacial Maximum. All these dispersions had rather overlapping ranges. Some of them, as those of U6 and U3, reached North Africa. At the other end of Asia, in Wallacea, another branch of macrohaplogroup R, haplogroup P, also independently expanded in the area around 52 kya, in this case as isolated bursts geographically well structured, with autochthonous branches in Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines. CONCLUSIONS Coeval independently dispersals around 50 kya of the West Asia haplogroup U and the Wallacea haplogroup P, points to a halfway core area in southeast Asia as the most probable centre of expansion of macrohaplogroup R, what fits in the phylogeographic pattern of its ancestor, macrohaplogroup N, for which a northern route and a southeast Asian origin has been already proposed.
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- Jose M Larruga
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38271 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Research Support General Service, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38271 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Glaucoma Research Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38271 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
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Reconstructing the population history of the largest tribe of India: the Dravidian speaking Gond. Eur J Hum Genet 2017; 25:493-498. [PMID: 28145430 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2016.198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Revised: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 12/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The Gond comprise the largest tribal group of India with a population exceeding 12 million. Linguistically, the Gond belong to the Gondi-Manda subgroup of the South Central branch of the Dravidian language family. Ethnographers, anthropologists and linguists entertain mutually incompatible hypotheses on their origin. Genetic studies of these people have thus far suffered from the low resolution of the genetic data or the limited number of samples. Therefore, to gain a more comprehensive view on ancient ancestry and genetic affinities of the Gond with the neighbouring populations speaking Indo-European, Dravidian and Austroasiatic languages, we have studied four geographically distinct groups of Gond using high-resolution data. All the Gond groups share a common ancestry with a certain degree of isolation and differentiation. Our allele frequency and haplotype-based analyses reveal that the Gond share substantial genetic ancestry with the Indian Austroasiatic (ie, Munda) groups, rather than with the other Dravidian groups to whom they are most closely related linguistically.
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CONTEXT India is considered a treasure for geneticists and evolutionary biologists due to its vast human diversity, consisting of more than 4500 anthropologically well-defined populations (castes, tribes and religious groups). Each population differs in terms of endogamy, language, culture, physical features, geographic and climatic position and genetic architecture. These factors contributed to India-specific genetic variations which may be responsible for various common diseases in India and its migratory populations. As a result, interpretations of the origins and affinities of Indian populations as well as health and disease conditions require complex and sophisticated genetic analysis. Evidence of ancient human dispersals and settlements is preserved in the genome of Indian inhabitants and this has been extensively analysed in conventional and genomic analyses. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS Using genomic analyses of STRs and Alu on a set of populations, this study estimates the level and extent of genetic variation and its implications. RESULTS The results show that Indian populations have a higher level of unique genetic diversity which is structured by many social processes and geographical attributes of the country. CONCLUSION This overview highlights the need to study the anthropological structure and evolutionary history of Indian populations while designing genomic and epigenomic investigations.
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- Sarabjit S Mastana
- Human Genomics Lab, Centre for Global Health and Human Development, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University , Loughborough , UK
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Fregel R, Cabrera V, Larruga JM, Abu-Amero KK, González AM. Carriers of Mitochondrial DNA Macrohaplogroup N Lineages Reached Australia around 50,000 Years Ago following a Northern Asian Route. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0129839. [PMID: 26053380 PMCID: PMC4460043 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Background The modern human colonization of Eurasia and Australia is mostly explained by a single-out-of-Africa exit following a southern coastal route throughout Arabia and India. However, dispersal across the Levant would better explain the introgression with Neanderthals, and more than one exit would fit better with the different ancient genomic components discovered in indigenous Australians and in ancient Europeans. The existence of an additional Northern route used by modern humans to reach Australia was previously deduced from the phylogeography of mtDNA macrohaplogroup N. Here, we present new mtDNA data and new multidisciplinary information that add more support to this northern route. Methods MtDNA hypervariable segments and haplogroup diagnostic coding positions were analyzed in 2,278 Saudi Arabs, from which 1,725 are new samples. Besides, we used 623 published mtDNA genomes belonging to macrohaplogroup N, but not R, to build updated phylogenetic trees to calculate their coalescence ages, and more than 70,000 partial mtDNA sequences were screened to establish their respective geographic ranges. Results The Saudi mtDNA profile confirms the absence of autochthonous mtDNA lineages in Arabia with coalescence ages deep enough to support population continuity in the region since the out-of-Africa episode. In contrast to Australia, where N(xR) haplogroups are found in high frequency and with deep coalescence ages, there are not autochthonous N(xR) lineages in India nor N(xR) branches with coalescence ages as deep as those found in Australia. These patterns are at odds with the supposition that Australian colonizers harboring N(xR) lineages used a route involving India as a stage. The most ancient N(xR) lineages in Eurasia are found in China, and inconsistently with the coastal route, N(xR) haplogroups with the southernmost geographical range have all more recent radiations than the Australians. Conclusions Apart from a single migration event via a southern route, phylogeny and phylogeography of N(xR) lineages support that people carrying mtDNA N lineages could have reach Australia following a northern route through Asia. Data from other disciplines also support this scenario.
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- Rosa Fregel
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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ArunKumar G, Tatarinova TV, Duty J, Rollo D, Syama A, Arun VS, Kavitha VJ, Triska P, Greenspan B, Wells RS, Pitchappan R. Genome-wide signatures of male-mediated migration shaping the Indian gene pool. J Hum Genet 2015; 60:493-9. [DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2015.51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Revised: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 04/17/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Li YC, Wang HW, Tian JY, Liu LN, Yang LQ, Zhu CL, Wu SF, Kong QP, Zhang YP. Ancient inland human dispersals from Myanmar into interior East Asia since the Late Pleistocene. Sci Rep 2015; 5:9473. [PMID: 25826227 PMCID: PMC4379912 DOI: 10.1038/srep09473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2014] [Accepted: 02/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Given the existence of plenty of river valleys connecting Southeast and East Asia, it is possible that some inland route(s) might have been adopted by the initial settlers to migrate into the interior of East Asia. Here we analyzed mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) HVS variants of 845 newly collected individuals from 14 Myanmar populations and 5,907 published individuals from 115 populations from Myanmar and its surroundings. Enrichment of basal lineages with the highest genetic diversity in Myanmar suggests that Myanmar was likely one of the differentiation centers of the early modern humans. Intriguingly, some haplogroups were shared merely between Myanmar and southwestern China, hinting certain genetic connection between both regions. Further analyses revealed that such connection was in fact attributed to both recent gene flow and certain ancient dispersals from Myanmar to southwestern China during 25-10 kya, suggesting that, besides the coastal route, the early modern humans also adopted an inland dispersal route to populate the interior of East Asia.
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- Yu-Chun Li
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
- KIZ/CUHK Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research in Common Diseases, Kunming, China
- Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
- KIZ/CUHK Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research in Common Diseases, Kunming, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
- KIZ/CUHK Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research in Common Diseases, Kunming, China
- Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
- KIZ/CUHK Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research in Common Diseases, Kunming, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
- KIZ/CUHK Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research in Common Diseases, Kunming, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
- KIZ/CUHK Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research in Common Diseases, Kunming, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
- KIZ/CUHK Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research in Common Diseases, Kunming, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
- KIZ/CUHK Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research in Common Diseases, Kunming, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China
- KIZ/CUHK Joint Laboratory of Bioresources and Molecular Research in Common Diseases, Kunming, China
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Fregel R, Seetah K, Betancor E, Suárez NM, Calaon D, Čaval S, Janoo A, Pestano J. Multiple ethnic origins of mitochondrial DNA lineages for the population of Mauritius. PLoS One 2014; 9:e93294. [PMID: 24676463 PMCID: PMC3968120 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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This article reports on the first genetic assessment of the contemporary Mauritian population. Small island nodes such as Mauritius played a critical role in historic globalization processes and revealing high-resolution details of labour sourcing is crucial in order to better understand early-modern diaspora events. Mauritius is a particularly interesting case given detailed historic accounts attesting to European (Dutch, French and British), African and Asian points of origin. Ninety-seven samples were analysed for mitochondrial DNA to begin unravelling the complex dynamics of the island's modern population. In corroboration with general demographic information, the majority of maternal lineages were derived from South Asia (58.76%), with Malagasy (16.60%), East/Southeast Asian (11.34%) and Sub-Saharan African (10.21%) also making significant contributions. This study pinpoints specific regional origins for the South Asian genetic contribution, showing a greater influence on the contemporary population from northern and southeast India. Moreover, the analysis of lineages related to the slave trade demonstrated that Madagascar and East Asia were the main centres of origin, with less influence from West Africa.
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- Rosa Fregel
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain
- Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Forensic Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Legal Medicine of Las Palmas, Las Palmas, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
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- Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- IDEAS Interdepartmental Centre, Ca'Foscari University, Venice, Italy
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- Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of History, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
- Forensic Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Legal Medicine of Las Palmas, Las Palmas, Spain
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Rai N, Taher N, Singh M, Chaubey G, Jha AN, Singh L, Thangaraj K. Relic excavated in western India is probably of Georgian Queen Ketevan. Mitochondrion 2013; 14:1-6. [PMID: 24355295 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2013.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2013] [Revised: 12/06/2013] [Accepted: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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History has well documented the execution of Queen Ketevan of Georgia by the Persian Emperor of modern day Iran. Based on historical records, in 1624 two Augustinian friars unearthed the queen's remains and one of them brought the relic to the St. Augustine convent in Goa, India. We carried out ancient DNA analysis on the human bone remains excavated from the St. Augustine convent by sequencing and genotyping of the mitochondrial DNA. The investigations of the remains revealed a unique mtDNA haplogroup U1b, which is absent in India, but present in Georgia and surrounding regions. Since our genetic analysis corroborates archaeological and literary evidence, it is likely that the excavated bone belongs to Queen Ketevan of Georgia.
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- Niraj Rai
- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad 500007, India.
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad 500007, India.
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad 500007, India.
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad 500007, India; Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India.
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Language isolates and their genetic identity: a commentary on mitochondrial DNA history of Sri Lankan ethnic people: their relations within the island and with the Indian subcontinental populations. J Hum Genet 2013; 59:61-3. [PMID: 24257474 DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2013.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Distribution of beta-globin haplotypes among the tribes of southern Gujarat, India. Gene 2013; 521:287-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.02.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2012] [Revised: 12/13/2012] [Accepted: 02/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Tamang R, Singh L, Thangaraj K. Complex genetic origin of Indian populations and its implications. J Biosci 2013; 37:911-9. [PMID: 23107926 DOI: 10.1007/s12038-012-9256-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Indian populations are classified into various caste, tribe and religious groups, which altogether makes them very unique compared to rest of the world. The long-term firm socio-religious boundaries and the strict endogamy practices along with the evolutionary forces have further supplemented the existing high-level diversity. As a result, drawing definite conclusions on its overall origin, affinity, health and disease conditions become even more sophisticated than was thought earlier. In spite of these challenges, researchers have undertaken tireless and extensive investigations using various genetic markers to estimate genetic variation and its implication in health and diseases. We have demonstrated that the Indian populations are the descendents of the very first modern humans, who ventured the journey of out-of-Africa about 65,000 years ago. The recent gene flow from east and west Eurasia is also evident. Thus, this review attempts to summarize the unique genetic variation among Indian populations as evident from our extensive study among approximately 20,000 samples across India.
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- Rakesh Tamang
- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad 500 007
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Tamang R, Thangaraj K. Genomic view on the peopling of India. INVESTIGATIVE GENETICS 2012; 3:20. [PMID: 23020857 PMCID: PMC3514343 DOI: 10.1186/2041-2223-3-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2012] [Accepted: 08/07/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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India is known for its vast human diversity, consisting of more than four and a half thousand anthropologically well-defined populations. Each population differs in terms of language, culture, physical features and, most importantly, genetic architecture. The size of populations varies from a few hundred to millions. Based on the social structure, Indians are classified into various caste, tribe and religious groups. These social classifications are very rigid and have remained undisturbed by emerging urbanisation and cultural changes. The variable social customs, strict endogamy marriage practices, long-term isolation and evolutionary forces have added immensely to the diversification of the Indian populations. These factors have also led to these populations acquiring a set of Indian-specific genetic variations responsible for various diseases in India. Interestingly, most of these variations are absent outside the Indian subcontinent. Thus, this review is focused on the peopling of India, the caste system, marriage practice and the resulting health and forensic implications.
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- Rakesh Tamang
- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, 500 007, India.
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Madrigal L, Posthumously LC, Melendez-Obando M, Villegas-Palma R, Barrantes R, Raventos H, Pereira R, Luiselli D, Pettener D, Barbujani G. High mitochondrial mutation rates estimated from deep-rooting Costa Rican pedigrees. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY 2012; 148:327-33. [PMID: 22460349 DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2011] [Accepted: 02/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Estimates of mutation rates for the noncoding hypervariable Region I (HVR-I) of mitochondrial DNA vary widely, depending on whether they are inferred from phylogenies (assuming that molecular evolution is clock-like) or directly from pedigrees. All pedigree-based studies so far were conducted on populations of European origin. In this article, we analyzed 19 deep-rooting pedigrees in a population of mixed origin in Costa Rica. We calculated two estimates of the HVR-I mutation rate, one considering all apparent mutations, and one disregarding changes at sites known to be mutational hot spots and eliminating genealogy branches which might be suspected to include errors, or unrecognized adoptions along the female lines. At the end of this procedure, we still observed a mutation rate equal to 1.24 × 10(-6) , per site per year, i.e., at least threefold as high as estimates derived from phylogenies. Our results confirm that mutation rates observed in pedigrees are much higher than estimated assuming a neutral model of long-term HVRI evolution. We argue that until the cause of these discrepancies will be fully understood, both lower estimates (i.e., those derived from phylogenetic comparisons) and higher, direct estimates such as those obtained in this study, should be considered when modeling evolutionary and demographic processes.
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- Lorena Madrigal
- Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 3360, USA
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Sharma G, Tamang R, Chaudhary R, Singh VK, Shah AM, Anugula S, Rani DS, Reddy AG, Eaaswarkhanth M, Chaubey G, Singh L, Thangaraj K. Genetic affinities of the central Indian tribal populations. PLoS One 2012; 7:e32546. [PMID: 22393414 PMCID: PMC3290590 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2011] [Accepted: 01/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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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 all the three tribes. Y-chromosomal biallelic markers revealed high frequency of Austroasiatic-specific M95-O2a haplogroup in Bharia and Sahariya, M82-H1a in Bhil and M17-R1a in Bhil and Sahariya. The results obtained by haploid as well as diploid genetic markers revealed strong genetic affinity of Bharia (a Dravidian speaking tribe) with the Austroasiatic (Munda) group. The gene flow from Austroasiatic group is further confirmed by their Y-STRs haplotype sharing analysis, where we determined their founder haplotype from the North Munda speaking tribe, while, autosomal analysis was largely in concordant with the haploid DNA results. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Bhil exhibited largely Indo-European specific ancestry, while Sahariya and Bharia showed admixed genetic package of Indo-European and Austroasiatic populations. Hence, in a landscape like India, linguistic label doesn't unequivocally follow the genetic footprints.
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- Gunjan Sharma
- Department of Zoology, Government Motilal Vigyan Mahavidyalaya, Bhopal, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Zoology, Government Motilal Vigyan Mahavidyalaya, Bhopal, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu and Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
- Genome Foundation, Hyderabad, India
- Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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Riccio ME, Nunes JM, Rahal M, Kervaire B, Tiercy JM, Sanchez-Mazas A. The Austroasiatic Munda population from India and Its enigmatic origin: a HLA diversity study. Hum Biol 2011; 83:405-35. [PMID: 21740156 DOI: 10.3378/027.083.0306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The Austroasiatic linguistic family disputes its origin between two geographically distant regions of Asia, India, and Southeast Asia, respectively. As genetic studies based on classical and gender-specific genetic markers provided contradictory results to this debate thus far, we investigated the HLA diversity (HLA-A, -B, and -DRB1 loci) of an Austroasiatic Munda population from Northeast India and its relationships with other populations from India and Southeast Asia. Because molecular methods currently used to test HLA markers often provide ambiguous results due to the high complexity of this polymorphism, we applied two different techniques (reverse PCR-SSO typing on microbeads arrays based on Luminex technology, and PCR-SSP typing) to type the samples. After validating the resulting frequency distributions through the original statistical method described in our companion article ( Nunes et al. 2011 ), we compared the HLA genetic profile of the sampled Munda to those of other Asiatic populations, among which Dravidian and Indo-European-speakers from India and populations from East and Southeast Asia speaking languages belonging to different linguistic families. We showed that the Munda from Northeast India exhibit a peculiar genetic profile with a reduced level of HLA diversity compared to surrounding Indian populations. They also exhibit less diversity than Southeast Asian populations except at locus DRB1. Several analyses using genetic distances indicate that the Munda are much more closely related to populations from the Indian subcontinent than to Southeast Asian populations speaking languages of the same Austroasiatic linguistic family. On the other hand, they do not share a closer relationship with Dravidians compared with Indo-Europeans, thus arguing against the idea that the Munda share a common and ancient Indian origin with Dravidians. Our results do not favor either a scenario where the Munda would be representative of an ancestral Austroasiatic population giving rise to an eastward Austroasiatic expansion to Southeast Asia. Rather, their peculiar genetic profile is better explained by a decrease in genetic diversity through genetic drift from an ancestral population having a genetic profile similar to present-day Austroasiatic populations from Southeast Asia (thus suggesting a possible southeastern origin), followed by intensive gene flow with neighboring Indian populations. This conclusion is in agreement with archaeological and linguistic information. The history of the Austroasiatic family represents a fascinating example where complex interactions among culturally distinct human populations occurred in the past.
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- Maria Eugenia Riccio
- Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics, and Peopling History (AGP), Laboratory of Anthropology, Genetics, and Peopling History (AGP), Anthropology Unit, Department of Genetics and Evolution, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
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Borkar M, Ahmad F, Khan F, Agrawal S. Paleolithic spread of Y-chromosomal lineage of tribes in eastern and northeastern India. Ann Hum Biol 2011; 38:736-46. [DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2011.617389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Minal Borkar
- Department of Medical Genetics, SGPGIMS,
Lucknow, India
- Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla,
Santander, Spain
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- Center for Excellence on Infectious Disease, Texas Tech University,
TX, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
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Pathak D, Nayak B, Singh M, Sharma N, Tandon R, Sinha R, Titiyal JS, Dada R. Mitochondrial complex 1 gene analysis in keratoconus. Mol Vis 2011; 17:1514-25. [PMID: 21691575 PMCID: PMC3116726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2010] [Accepted: 05/31/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Keratoconus is characterized by the thinning of corneal stroma, resulting in reduced vision. The exact etiology of keratoconus (KC) is still unknown. The involvement of oxidative stress (OS) in this disease has been reported. However, the exact mechanism of OS in keratoconus is still unknown. Thus we planned this study to screen mitochondrial complex I genes for sequence changes in keratoconus patients and controls, as mitochondrial complex I is the chief source of reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. METHODS A total of 20 keratoconus cases and 20 healthy controls without any ocular disorder were enrolled in this study. Mitochondrial complex I genes (ND1, 2, 3, 4, 4L, 5, and 6) were amplified in all patients and controls using 12 pairs of primers by PCR. After sequencing, DNA sequences were analyzed against the mitochondrial reference sequence NC_012920. Haplogroup frequency based Principle Component Analysis (PCA) was constructed to determine whether the gene pool of keratoconus patients is closer to major populations in India. RESULTS DNA sequencing revealed a total 84 nucleotide variations in patients and 29 in controls. Of 84 nucleotide changes, 18 variations were non-synonymous and two novel frame-shift mutations were detected in cases. Non-synonymous mtDNA sequence variations may account for increased ROS and decreased ATP production. This ultimately leads to OS; which is a known cause for variety of corneal abnormalities. Haplotype analysis showed that most of the patients were clustered under the haplogroups: T, C4a2a, R2'TJ, M21'Q1a, M12'G2a2a, M8'CZ and M7a2a, which are present as negligible frequency in normal Indian population, whereas only few patients were found to be a part of the other haplogroups like U7 (Indo-European), R2 and R31, whose origin is contentious. CONCLUSIONS Mt complex I sequence variations are the main cause of elevated ROS production which leads oxidative stress. This oxidative stress then starts a cascade of events which ultimately can lead to keratoconus. Prompt antioxidant therapy should be initiated in keratoconus patients to minimize ROS related damage.
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- Dhananjay Pathak
- Laboratory For Molecular Reproduction and Genetics, Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Dr. R.P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road-500007, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Dr. R.P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Dr. R.P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Dr. R.P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Dr. R.P. Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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- Laboratory For Molecular Reproduction and Genetics, Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
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Tiwari SK, Sharma V, Sharma VK, Gopi M, Saikant R, Nandan A, Bardia A, Gunisetty S, Katikala P, Habeeb MA, Khan AA, Habibullah CM. Phylogenetic analysis, based on EPIYA repeats in the cagA gene of Indian Helicobacter pylori, and the implications of sequence variation in tyrosine phosphorylation motifs on determining the clinical outcome. Genet Mol Biol 2011; 34:280-5. [PMID: 21734830 PMCID: PMC3115323 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572011005000003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2010] [Accepted: 10/14/2010] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The population of India harbors one of the world's most highly diverse gene pools, owing to the influx of successive waves of immigrants over regular periods in time. Several phylogenetic studies involving mitochondrial DNA and Y chromosomal variation have demonstrated Europeans to have been the first settlers in India. Nevertheless, certain controversy exists, due to the support given to the thesis that colonization was by the Austro-Asiatic group, prior to the Europeans. Thus, the aim was to investigate pre-historic colonization of India by anatomically modern humans, using conserved stretches of five amino acid (EPIYA) sequences in the cagA gene of Helicobacter pylori. Simultaneously, the existence of a pathogenic relationship of tyrosine phosphorylation motifs (TPMs), in 32 H. pylori strains isolated from subjects with several forms of gastric diseases, was also explored. High resolution sequence analysis of the above described genes was performed. The nucleotide sequences obtained were translated into amino acids using MEGA (version 4.0) software for EPIYA. An MJ-Network was constructed for obtaining TPM haplotypes by using NETWORK (version 4.5) software. The findings of the study suggest that Indian H. pylori strains share a common ancestry with Europeans. No specific association of haplotypes with the outcome of disease was revealed through additional network analysis of TPMs.
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- Santosh K Tiwari
- Centre for Liver Research and Diagnostics, Deccan College of Medical Sciences, Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Meitei KS, Meitei SY, Asghar M, Achoubi N, Murry B, Mondal PR, Sachdeva MP, Saraswathy KN. A Genomic Insight into the Peopling of Manipur, India. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers 2010; 14:765-73. [DOI: 10.1089/gtmb.2010.0078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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- Khangembam Somibabu Meitei
- Biochemical and Molecular Anthropological Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Biochemical and Molecular Anthropological Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Biochemical and Molecular Anthropological Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Biochemical and Molecular Anthropological Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Biochemical and Molecular Anthropological Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Biochemical and Molecular Anthropological Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Biochemical and Molecular Anthropological Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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- Biochemical and Molecular Anthropological Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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Chaubey G, Metspalu M, Choi Y, Mägi R, Romero IG, Soares P, van Oven M, Behar DM, Rootsi S, Hudjashov G, Mallick CB, Karmin M, Nelis M, Parik J, Reddy AG, Metspalu E, van Driem G, Xue Y, Tyler-Smith C, Thangaraj K, Singh L, Remm M, Richards MB, Lahr MM, Kayser M, Villems R, Kivisild T. Population genetic structure in Indian Austroasiatic speakers: the role of landscape barriers and sex-specific admixture. Mol Biol Evol 2010; 28:1013-24. [PMID: 20978040 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The geographic origin and time of dispersal of Austroasiatic (AA) speakers, presently settled in south and southeast Asia, remains disputed. Two rival hypotheses, both assuming a demic component to the language dispersal, have been proposed. The first of these places the origin of Austroasiatic speakers in southeast Asia with a later dispersal to south Asia during the Neolithic, whereas the second hypothesis advocates pre-Neolithic origins and dispersal of this language family from south Asia. To test the two alternative models, this study combines the analysis of uniparentally inherited markers with 610,000 common single nucleotide polymorphism loci from the nuclear genome. Indian AA speakers have high frequencies of Y chromosome haplogroup O2a; our results show that this haplogroup has significantly higher diversity and coalescent time (17-28 thousand years ago) in southeast Asia, strongly supporting the first of the two hypotheses. Nevertheless, the results of principal component and "structure-like" analyses on autosomal loci also show that the population history of AA speakers in India is more complex, being characterized by two ancestral components-one represented in the pattern of Y chromosomal and EDAR results and the other by mitochondrial DNA diversity and genomic structure. We propose that AA speakers in India today are derived from dispersal from southeast Asia, followed by extensive sex-specific admixture with local Indian populations.
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- Gyaneshwer Chaubey
- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu and Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia
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Rani DS, Dhandapany PS, Nallari P, Govindaraj P, Singh L, Thangaraj K. Mitochondrial DNA haplogroup 'R' is associated with Noonan syndrome of south India. Mitochondrion 2009; 10:166-73. [PMID: 20006740 DOI: 10.1016/j.mito.2009.12.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2009] [Revised: 12/06/2009] [Accepted: 12/09/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Mutations in PTPN11 gene was responsible for approximately 50% of the Noonan syndrome (NS), however, we did not find any mutation in PTPN11 in any of seven NS patients analysed. Whereas, the complete mtDNA sequencing revealed 146 mutations, of which five, including one heteroplasmic (A11144R; Thr-->Ala) non-synonymous mutation, were novel and exclusively observed in NS patients. Interestingly all the seven probands and their maternal relatives were clustered under a major haplogroup R and its novel sub-haplogroups (R7b1b, R30a1, R30c, T2b7, U9a1) exclusive in NS, therefore we strongly suggest that these haplogroups may influence NS in South Indian populations.
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- Deepa Selvi Rani
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR), Hyderabad, India
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Thangaraj K, Nandan A, Sharma V, Sharma VK, Eaaswarkhanth M, Patra PK, Singh S, Rekha S, Dua M, Verma N, Reddy AG, Singh L. Deep rooting in-situ expansion of mtDNA Haplogroup R8 in South Asia. PLoS One 2009; 4:e6545. [PMID: 19662095 PMCID: PMC2718812 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2009] [Accepted: 06/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The phylogeny of the indigenous Indian-specific mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups have been determined and refined in previous reports. Similar to mtDNA superhaplogroups M and N, a profusion of reports are also available for superhaplogroup R. However, there is a dearth of information on South Asian subhaplogroups in particular, including R8. Therefore, we ought to access the genealogy and pre-historic expansion of haplogroup R8 which is considered one of the autochthonous lineages of South Asia. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Upon screening the mtDNA of 5,836 individuals belonging to 104 distinct ethnic populations of the Indian subcontinent, we found 54 individuals with the HVS-I motif that defines the R8 haplogroup. Complete mtDNA sequencing of these 54 individuals revealed two deep-rooted subclades: R8a and R8b. Furthermore, these subclades split into several fine subclades. An isofrequency contour map detected the highest frequency of R8 in the state of Orissa. Spearman's rank correlation analysis suggests significant correlation of R8 occurrence with geography. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE The coalescent age of newly-characterized subclades of R8, R8a (15.4+/-7.2 Kya) and R8b (25.7+/-10.2 Kya) indicates that the initial maternal colonization of this haplogroup occurred during the middle and upper Paleolithic period, roughly around 40 to 45 Kya. These results signify that the southern part of Orissa currently inhabited by Munda speakers is likely the origin of these autochthonous maternal deep-rooted haplogroups. Our high-resolution study on the genesis of R8 haplogroup provides ample evidence of its deep-rooted ancestry among the Orissa (Austro-Asiatic) tribes.
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Pt. J.N.M. Medical College, Raipur, Chattisgarh, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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Fornarino S, Pala M, Battaglia V, Maranta R, Achilli A, Modiano G, Torroni A, Semino O, Santachiara-Benerecetti SA. Mitochondrial and Y-chromosome diversity of the Tharus (Nepal): a reservoir of genetic variation. BMC Evol Biol 2009; 9:154. [PMID: 19573232 PMCID: PMC2720951 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2008] [Accepted: 07/02/2009] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent represent an area considered as a source and a reservoir for human genetic diversity, with many markers taking root here, most of which are the ancestral state of eastern and western haplogroups, while others are local. Between these two regions, Terai (Nepal) is a pivotal passageway allowing, in different times, multiple population interactions, although because of its highly malarial environment, it was scarcely inhabited until a few decades ago, when malaria was eradicated. One of the oldest and the largest indigenous people of Terai is represented by the malaria resistant Tharus, whose gene pool could still retain traces of ancient complex interactions. Until now, however, investigations on their genetic structure have been scarce mainly identifying East Asian signatures. RESULTS High-resolution analyses of mitochondrial-DNA (including 34 complete sequences) and Y-chromosome (67 SNPs and 12 STRs) variations carried out in 173 Tharus (two groups from Central and one from Eastern Terai), and 104 Indians (Hindus from Terai and New Delhi and tribals from Andhra Pradesh) allowed the identification of three principal components: East Asian, West Eurasian and Indian, the last including both local and inter-regional sub-components, at least for the Y chromosome. CONCLUSION Although remarkable quantitative and qualitative differences appear among the various population groups and also between sexes within the same group, many mitochondrial-DNA and Y-chromosome lineages are shared or derived from ancient Indian haplogroups, thus revealing a deep shared ancestry between Tharus and Indians. Interestingly, the local Y-chromosome Indian component observed in the Andhra-Pradesh tribals is present in all Tharu groups, whereas the inter-regional component strongly prevails in the two Hindu samples and other Nepalese populations.The complete sequencing of mtDNAs from unresolved haplogroups also provided informative markers that greatly improved the mtDNA phylogeny and allowed the identification of ancient relationships between Tharus and Malaysia, the Andaman Islands and Japan as well as between India and North and East Africa. Overall, this study gives a paradigmatic example of the importance of genetic isolates in revealing variants not easily detectable in the general population.
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- Simona Fornarino
- Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia,Pavia, Italy.
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Ayub Q, Tyler-Smith C. Genetic variation in South Asia: assessing the influences of geography, language and ethnicity for understanding history and disease risk. BRIEFINGS IN FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS 2009; 8:395-404. [DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elp015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Dubut V, Murail P, Pech N, Thionville MD, Cartault F. Inter- and extra-Indian admixture and genetic diversity in reunion island revealed by analysis of mitochondrial DNA. Ann Hum Genet 2009; 73:314-34. [PMID: 19397558 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2009.00519.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Reunion Island is a French territory located in the western Indian Ocean. The genetic pattern of the Reunionese population has been shaped by contributions from highly contrasting regions of the world. Over the last 350 years, several migration waves and cultural and socio-economic factors have led to the emergence of six main ethnic groups in Reunion. India is one of the principal regions that contributed to the setting up of the Reunionese population. Diversity, demographic and admixture analyses were performed on mtDNA variation of the Reunionese of Indian ancestry, including the Malbar and Zarab ethnic groups, in order to question their history. Using a phylogeographical approach, we generated and analysed quantitative data on the contribution of the Indian parental populations. Furthermore, we showed that the settlement of Reunion Island by Indians did not involve a founder effect, except in the very beginning of the Reunionese settlement (at the end of the 17(th) century). The accuracy of our results was optimised by a re-evaluation of the classification of the Southern Asian mtDNA haplogroups. Finally, by comparing our results to a previous study dealing with the Reunionese population, we highlighted how ethno-historical data are critical for reconstructing the complex history of multiethnic populations.
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- Vincent Dubut
- Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS, UMR 5199 - PACEA, Laboratoire d'Anthropologie des Populations du Passé, Talence, France.
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