Historic migration to South Asia in the last two millennia: A case of Jewish and Parsi populations

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 44 - Trang 1-8 - 2019
Ajai K Pathak1,2, Anshika Srivastava3, Prajjval Pratap Singh3, Debashruti Das3, Audditiya Bandopadhyay3, Pooja Singh3, Gyaneshwer Chaubey3
1Estonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
2Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
3Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

Tóm tắt

The South Asian populations have a mosaic of ancestries likely due to the interactions of long-term populations of the landmass and those of East and West Eurasia. Apart from prehistoric dispersals, there are some known population movements to India. In this study, we focussed on the migration of Jewish and Parsi populations on temporal and spatial scales. The existence of Jewish and Parsi communities in India are recorded since ancient times. However, due to the lack of high-resolution genetic data, their origin and affiliation with other Indian and non-Indian populations remains shrouded in legends. Earlier genetic studies on populations of Indian Jews have found evidence for a minor shared ancestry of Indian Jews with Middle Eastern (Jews) populations, whereas for Parsis, the Iranian link was proposed. Recently, in our high-resolution study, we were able to quantify the admixture dynamics of these groups, which has suggested a male-biased admixture. Here, we added the newly available ancient samples and revisited the interplay of genes and cultures. Thus, in this study we reconstructed a broad genetic profile of Indian Jews and Parsis to paint a fine-grained picture of these ethnic groups.

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