A novel subgroup Q5 of human Y-chromosomal haplogroup Q in India

Sharma, Swarkar; Rai, Ekta; Bhat, Audesh K; Bhanwer, Amarjit S; Bamezai, Rameshwar NK

doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-232

BMC Ecology and Evolution

Table 1 Indian populations screened for Y-HG Q and its distribution.

From: A novel subgroup Q5 of human Y-chromosomal haplogroup Q in India

India Regions	Social Category		Linguistic Category	No. of Samples		No. of Samples in Haplogroup
North:						Q (xQ5)	Q5
J&K Kashmiri Pandits	Caste	high	Indo-European	51	*	3
J&K kashmir Gujars	Tribe		Indo-European	61	*	1^Q1
Dalits⁺	Caste	low	Indo-European	18	^#
Muslim	Religious	group	Indo-European	19	^#
Rajput	Caste	high	Indo-European	29	^#
Uttar Pradesh Brahmin	Caste	high	Indo-European	14	^#	1^@
Uttar Pradesh Brahmin	Caste	high	Indo-European	31	*	1	1
Uttar Pradesh Mixed	Tribe		Austro-Asiatic	9	*
Punjab Brahmin	Caste	high	Indo-European	28	*
Himachal Brahmin	Caste	high	Indo-European	19	*
Himachal Rajputs	Caste	high	Indo-European	35	*	1
Central:
Uttar Pradesh Kols	Tribe		Indo-European/Austro-Asiatic	30	*
Uttar Pradesh gonds	Tribe		Indo-European/Dravidian	38	*
Madhya Pradesh Brahmins	Caste	high	Indo-European	42	*	1	1
Madhya Pradesh Gonds	Tribe		Dravidian	17	*	1
Madhya Pradesh Saharia	Tribe		Indo-European	89	*	1	²
Halba	Tribe		Indo-European	21	^#	1^@
Kamar	Tribe		Dravidian	30	^#
Muria	Tribe		Dravidian	20	^#
East:
Bihar Brahmins	Caste	high	Indo-European	38	*	1	1
Paswan	Caste	low	Indo-European	29	*
Agharia	Caste	middle	Indo-European	10	^#
Bagdi	Caste	low	Indo-European	11	^#
Gaud	Caste	middle	Indo-European	5	^#
Ho	Tribe		Austro-Asiatic	30	^#
Lodha	Tribe		Austro-Asiatic	20	^#
Mahishya	Caste	middle	Indo-European	13	^#
Santal	Tribe		Austro-Asiatic	14	^#
Tanti	Caste	low	Indo-European	7	^#
West Bengal Brahmin	Caste	high	Indo-European	18	^#
Northeast:
Chakma	Tribe		Tibeto-Burman	4	^#
Jamatia	Tribe		Tibeto-Burman	30	^#
Mog	Tribe		Tibeto-Burman	5	^#
Mizo	Tribe		Tibeto-Burman	27	^#
Tripuri	Tribe		Tibeto-Burman	21	^#
West:
Maharashtra Brahmins	Caste	high	Indo-European	30	*
Gujarat Bhils	Tribe		Indo-European	12	*
Gujarat Brahmins	Caste	high	Indo-European	63	*
Sourashtran			Indo-European	46	^$
Koknasth Brahmin	Caste	high	Indo-European	25	^#
Maratha	Caste	middle	Indo-European	20	^#
Nav Buddha	Caste	low	Indo-European	14	^#
South:
Andhra Brahmins	Caste	high	Dravidian	6	*
Kallar	Caste		Dravidian	84	^$
Yadhava	Caste		Dravidian	129	^$	3
Ambalakarar	Caste	middle	Dravidian	29	^#
Irula	Tribe		Dravidian	30	^#
Iyengar	Caste	high	Dravidian	30	^#
Iyer	Caste	high	Dravidian	29	^#
Koya	Tribe	Tribe	Dravidian	27	^#
Kota	Tribe		Dravidian	16	^#
Konda	Tribe	Tribe	Dravidian	30	^#
Kurumba	Tribe		Dravidian	19	^#
Pallan	Caste	low	Dravidian	29	^#
Toda	Tribe		Dravidian	8	^#
Vanniyar	Caste	middle	Dravidian	25	^#
Vellalar	Caste	middle	Dravidian	31	^#	1^@
Total				1615		16	5

* Present Study, # Sengupta et al. 2006, $ Seielstad et al. 2003.
'Dalits⁺' used instead of 'Chamar', as per Indian Constitution.
^@found as 'Q4' by Sengupta et al.⁴
^Q1Found as Q1 in present study.

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