Genetic Evidence on the Origins of Indian Caste Populations

Table 1.

MtDNA (HVR1 Sequence) Genetic Distances between Caste Groups from Andhra Pradesh and Continental Populations

Caste group Africans Asians Europeans
Upper .179 .037 .100 (0.106)
Middle .182 .025 .086 (0.084)
Lower .163 .023 .113
All castes .196 .026 .077

  • ↵Genetic distance between upper castes and Europeans if the Kshatriya and Vysya are excluded from the analysis.

  • ↵Genetic distance between the middle castes and Europeans if the Kshatriya and Vysya are grouped in the middle castes.

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  1. Published in Advance May 8, 2001, doi: 10.1101/gr.173301 Genome Res. 11: 994-1004

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