What DNA Says About Aryan Invasion Theory -2

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[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_Q_%28Y-DNA%29#South_Asia"]South Asia[/url]



A Biomed study observed an ancestral state Q* and a novel sub-branch Q5, not reported elsewhere, in the Indian subcontinent, though in low frequency.[4] A novel subgroup Q4 was identified recently which is also restricted to the Indian subcontinent. The most plausible explanation for these observations could be an ancestral migration of individuals bearing ancestral lineage Q* to the Indian subcontinent followed by an autochthonous differentiation to Q4 and Q5 sublineages later on. Thus the subcontinent has three novel Q lineages, an ancestral Q* (different from the Central Asian Q*), Q4 and Q5 unique to the subcontinent.

[4] Sharma S, Rai E, Bhat AK, Bhanwer AS, Bamezai RN (2007). "A novel subgroup Q5 of human Y-chromosomal haplogroup Q in India"

[url="http://ycc.biosci.arizona.edu/new_binary_polymorphism/resultsanddiscussions.html"]The Y Chromosome Consortium 2008[/url]

Undifferentiated paragroup Q* is observed at low frequencies in India and Pakistan.

Actually, this was originally a finding in one of the first Indian R1a1 papers, of course it was overshadowed at the time.