| Author | Message | ||
     Rajusk Side Hero Username: Rajusk Post Number: 8695 Registered: 02-2008 Posted From: 68.39.95.10 Rating: |
The CCMB took up the study in collaboration with the National DNA Analysis Centre of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Kolkata; State Forensic Laboratory, Lucknow; Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies of University of Cambridge, UK; Department of Evolutionary Biology of Estonian Biocentre and Tartu University, Estonia, and; the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK. To estimate the contribution of West Asian and Arabian admixture to Indian Muslims, the team assessed genetic variation in mitochondrial DNA (motherâs lineage), Y-chromosomal (fatherâs lineage) and genetic markers representing six Muslim communities from different geographical regions of the country. âMost Indian Muslims are closely related to their neighbouring non-Muslim populations and this suggests that they descend primarily from local Hindu converts. The exception to this are some northern and north-western Indian Muslims, who differ from the indigenous Hindu populations. This is likely because of a higher proportion of genetic lineages of external origin,â the study pointed out. The researchers used 472 Indian Muslim mitochondrial DNAs, 431 Indian Muslim Y chromosomes and 747 Indian Muslim and non-Muslim gene (MCM6) profiles for the study. âThere is a notable variation between different Indian Muslim populations, some being highly similar to local Indian populations and others having similarities with external populations, so that when they are all grouped together as âIndian Muslimsâ, the group difference is statistically insignificant from that of non-Muslims,â said Dr Thangaraj. More details from here http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/gene-study-explains -spread-islam-416 |
