Morphological variability of the human chromosomes in two Indian populations - Rajputs and Punjabis.
Karotypic evaluation of 100 Rajputs and 100 Punjabis revealed different frequencies of Y chromosome polymorphism and minor chromosome variants. Long Y chromosome were observed 5% of the Rajputs and 3% of the Punjabis. The Y indices of Rajputs were consistently higher than those of Punjabis. Significant differences were noted between Rajputs and Punjabis with respect to the 5 Y indices. Significant differences were also found when those 2 populations were compared with different populations of the world. Minor chromosome variants were observed in 18% of the Rajputs and 19% of the Punjabis.
D002875:Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002900:Chromosomes, Human, 1-3; D002901:Chromosomes, Human, 13-15; D002902:Chromosomes, Human, 16-18; D002903:Chromosomes, Human, 19-20; D002904:Chromosomes, Human, 21-22 and Y; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012730:Sex Chromosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D044465:White People