title: Genetic profile of nine autosomal STR loci among Halakki and Kunabhi populations of Karnataka, India.
abstract: Blood samples were collected from a total of 84 healthy and unrelated Halakki (44) and Kunabhi (40) populations, with their informed written consent. The geographic location of the sampled area is shown in Fig. 1. Both the populations are endogamous, and they belong to Dravidian linguistic family. Halakki is a tribal group having a population size of approximately 3383. They claim that they originally belong to Gujarat and Rajasthan, and migrated through Andhra Pradesh to Karnataka. Kunabhi is also a tribal population, who are approximately 35,214 in number. The male Kunabhi can be identified by their tattoo marks. A necklace is the symbol of married women. They were hunters and gatherers, but at present they practice agriculture.
authors.affiliation: Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: Kumarasamy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thangaraj
authors.forename: Gyaneshwer
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chaubey
authors.forename: Vijay Kumar
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Alla G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Pavate
authors.forename: Lalji
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences