TY - JOUR
T1 - Gene differentiation among ten endogamous groups of West Bengal, India
AU - Chakraborty, R.
AU - Walter, H.
AU - Mukherjee, B. N.
AU - Malhotra, K. C.
AU - Sauber, P.
AU - Banerjee, S.
AU - Roy, M.
PY - 1986/11
Y1 - 1986/11
N2 - Ten endogamous populations of West Bengal, India have been surveyed for genetic variation in 12 systems. These populations encompass all social ranks in the caste hierarchy and cover almost the entire geographic area of the state. Gene diversity analysis suggests that these groups exhibit significant allele frequency variation at all but three loci. The overall genetic difference is not, however, in accord with the classification based on caste. Two low‐ranking scheduled caste groups are, in fact, in close proximity with the high‐caste ones, suggesting evidence of past generations of gene flow among them. Three different clusters of groups emerge from the present data, providing support for the anthropologic assertion that in Bengal Proto‐Australoid, Caucasoid, and Mongoloid racial elements generally coexist. However, these three components are not uniformly present in all groups. Geographic separation of the groups is a strong determinant of the gene differentiation that exists among these populations.
AB - Ten endogamous populations of West Bengal, India have been surveyed for genetic variation in 12 systems. These populations encompass all social ranks in the caste hierarchy and cover almost the entire geographic area of the state. Gene diversity analysis suggests that these groups exhibit significant allele frequency variation at all but three loci. The overall genetic difference is not, however, in accord with the classification based on caste. Two low‐ranking scheduled caste groups are, in fact, in close proximity with the high‐caste ones, suggesting evidence of past generations of gene flow among them. Three different clusters of groups emerge from the present data, providing support for the anthropologic assertion that in Bengal Proto‐Australoid, Caucasoid, and Mongoloid racial elements generally coexist. However, these three components are not uniformly present in all groups. Geographic separation of the groups is a strong determinant of the gene differentiation that exists among these populations.
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U2 - 10.1002/ajpa.1330710305
DO - 10.1002/ajpa.1330710305
M3 - Article
C2 - 3812651
AN - SCOPUS:0022971586
SN - 0002-9483
VL - 71
SP - 295
EP - 309
JO - American Journal of Physical Anthropology
JF - American Journal of Physical Anthropology
IS - 3
ER -