The Phylogeography of Y-Chromosome Haplogroup H1a1a-M82 Reveals the Likely Indian Origin of the European Romani Populations

Niraj Rai; Gyaneshwer Chaubey; Rakesh Tamang; Ajai Kumar Pathak; Vipin Kumar Singh; Monika Karmin; Manvendra Singh; Deepa Selvi Rani; Sharath Anugula; Brijesh Kumar Yadav; Ashish Singh; Ramkumar Srinivasagan; Anita Yadav; Manju Kashyap; Sapna Narvariya; Alla G. Reddy; George van Driem; Peter A. Underhill; Richard Villems; Toomas Kivisild; Lalji Singh; Kumarasamy Thangaraj

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048477

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The Phylogeography of Y-Chromosome Haplogroup H1a1a-M82 Reveals the Likely Indian Origin of the European Romani Populations

Niraj Rai ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Niraj Rai, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Rakesh Tamang, George van Driem

Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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Gyaneshwer Chaubey ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Niraj Rai, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Rakesh Tamang, George van Driem

* E-mail: gyanc@ebc.ee (GC); thangs@ccmb.res.in (KT)

Affiliation Evolutionary Biology Group, Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia
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Rakesh Tamang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Niraj Rai, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Rakesh Tamang, George van Driem

Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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Ajai Kumar Pathak,

Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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Vipin Kumar Singh,

Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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Monika Karmin,

Affiliations Evolutionary Biology Group, Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia, Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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Manvendra Singh,

Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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Deepa Selvi Rani,

Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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Sharath Anugula,

Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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Brijesh Kumar Yadav,

Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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Ashish Singh,

Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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Ramkumar Srinivasagan,

Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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Anita Yadav,

Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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Manju Kashyap,

Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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Sapna Narvariya,

Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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Alla G. Reddy,

Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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George van Driem ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Niraj Rai, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Rakesh Tamang, George van Driem

Affiliation Himalayan Languages Project, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Peter A. Underhill,

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Richard Villems,

Affiliations Evolutionary Biology Group, Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia, Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn, Estonia
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Toomas Kivisild,

Affiliations Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia, Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Lalji Singh,

Affiliations CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India, Genome Foundation, Hyderabad, India, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Kumarasamy Thangaraj

* E-mail: gyanc@ebc.ee (GC); thangs@ccmb.res.in (KT)

Affiliation CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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The Phylogeography of Y-Chromosome Haplogroup H1a1a-M82 Reveals the Likely Indian Origin of the European Romani Populations

Niraj Rai,
Gyaneshwer Chaubey,
Rakesh Tamang,
Ajai Kumar Pathak,
Vipin Kumar Singh,
Monika Karmin,
Manvendra Singh,
Deepa Selvi Rani,
Sharath Anugula,
Brijesh Kumar Yadav

Published: November 28, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048477

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