Negligible Male Gene Flow Across Ethnic Boundaries in India, Revealed by Analysis of Y-Chromosomal DNA Polymorphisms

Table 3.

Y-Chromosomal Haplotypes Shared by Various Ethnic Clusters of India

Haplotype no. (as in Table2) αhHindIII DYS19 DYS389I DYS390 DYS391 DYS393 Haplotype shared by
7 0 16 10 24 10 13 upper and lower caste
9 0 16 11 25 10 13 upper and middle caste
11 0 15 10 23 10 14 upper, middle, and lower caste
18 1 16 11 23 10 12 upper and lower caste
20 0 16 10 25 10 14 middle and lower caste, tribal
22 1 16 11 22 10 12 lower caste and tribal
25 0 16 10 25 11 13 middle and lower caste
26 1 16 10 23 10 12 middle caste and tribal
32 1 16 10 22 11 12 middle caste and tribal
42 1 16 10 25 10 14 lower caste and tribal
46 1 15 10 23 10 12 middle and lower caste
49 0 16 10 24 10 12 middle and lower caste
52 1 16 10 22 10 12 middle and lower caste
46 1 15 10 23 10 12 middle and lower caste
74 0 15 10 23 10 12
  • Haplotypes 46 and 74 have the same microsatellite haplotype (15-10-23-10-12) but are on αhHindIII+ and αhHindIII− backgrounds, respectively. Thus, this sharing is based on microsatellite haplotype only (i.e., ignoring the difference at the RFLP site).

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