Journal article
Dissecting the paternal founders of Mundari (Austroasiatic) speakers associated with the language dispersal in South Asia.
- Singh PP Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India.
- Vishwakarma S Estonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, 51010, Estonia.
- Sultana GNN Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences (CARS), Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Laboratory, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
- Pilvar A Estonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, 51010, Estonia.
- Karmin M Estonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, 51010, Estonia.
- Rootsi S Estonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, 51010, Estonia.
- Villems R Estonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, 51010, Estonia.
- Metspalu M Estonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, 51010, Estonia.
- Behar DM Estonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, 51010, Estonia.
- Kivisild T Estonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, 51010, Estonia.
- van Driem G Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Bern, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
- Chaubey G Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India. Gyaneshwer.chaubey@bhu.ac.in.
- 2020-10-22
Published in:
- European journal of human genetics : EJHG. - 2020
English
The phylogenetic analysis of Y chromosomal haplogroup O2a-M95 was crucial to determine the nested structure of South Asian branches within the larger tree, predominantly present in East and Southeast Asia. However, it had previously been unclear that how many founders brought the haplogroup O2a-M95 to South Asia. On the basis of the updated Y chromosomal tree for haplogroup O2a-M95, we analysed 1437 male samples from South Asia for various novel downstream markers, carefully selected from the extant phylogenetic tree. With this increased resolution of genetic markers, we were able to identify at least three founders downstream to haplogroup O2a-M95, who are likely to have been associated with the dispersal of Austroasiatic languages to South Asia. The fourth founder was exclusively present amongst Tibeto-Burman speakers of Manipur and Bangladesh. In sum, our new results suggest the arrival of Austroasiatic languages in South Asia during last 5000 years.
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- DOI 10.1038/s41431-020-00745-1
- PMID 33087879
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- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/46915
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