title: Variation at 4 short tandem repeat loci in 8 population groups of India.
abstract: We have determined the nature and extent of variation at 4 STR loci (CSF1P0, TPOX, TH01, VWA) in 8 caste and tribal population groups of eastern and northern India. Large differences in allele frequencies among the groups were found. Average heterozygosities in all populations were high (approximately 80%). The overall extent of gene differentiation among the 8 groups was high (GST = 0.04). The nature of genomic affinities based on these 4 STR loci does not completely agree with our earlier finding based on classical genetic markers that geographic proximity of habitat has a greater influence on genetic similarity between populations than sociocultural proximity does.
authors.affiliation: Anthropology and Human Genetics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Majumder
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dey
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005819:Genetic Markers; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012923:Social Class; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers