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Effect of anthropogenic disturbance on biomass allocation to different above- and below-ground vegetation components of a dry tropical forest in India
Biotic and anthropogenic disturbances are mediating changes in species diversity and vegetation composition in different regions of the world. Such changes may affect plant biomass allocation patterns in diffe...
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Plastome characterization of Musa indandamanensis, an endemic banana in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
Musa is one of the most economically important genera distributed throughout the globe. Many species of this genus are narrowly endemic to India and are used as a food source or herbal medicines by the tribal com...
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Open AccessY chromosomal noncoding RNAs regulate autosomal gene expression via piRNAs in mouse testis
Deciphering the functions of Y chromosome in mammals has been slow owing to the presence of repeats. Some of these repeats transcribe coding RNAs, the roles of which have been studied. Functions of the noncodi...
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Herbaceous diversity and biomass under different fire regimes in a seasonally dry forest ecosystem
The present work deals with the impact of forest fire over herb community along with changes in soil micronutrient status and C (carbon) storage. The present investigation was carried out in Bhoramdeo wildlife...
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Open AccessAncient mtDNA from the extinct Indian cheetah supports unexpectedly deep divergence from African cheetahs
The Indian cheetah was hunted to extinction by the mid-20th century. While analysis of 139 bp of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has confirmed that the Indian cheetah was part of the Asiatic subspecies (Acinonyx jubatu...
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Reconstructing the demographic history of the Himalayan and adjoining populations
The rugged topography of the Himalayan region has hindered large-scale human migrations, population admixture and assimilation. Such complexity in geographical structure might have facilitated the existence of...
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The promise of discovering population-specific disease-associated genes in South Asia
Kumarasamy Thangaraj, David Reich and colleagues identify 81 South Asian groups descended from extreme founder events, including 14 with a census size of over 1 million people, thus providing an opportunity to...
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Open Access“Like sugar in milk”: reconstructing the genetic history of the Parsi population
The Parsis are one of the smallest religious communities in the world. To understand the population structure and demographic history of this group in detail, we analyzed Indian and Pakistani Parsi populations...
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Open AccessOrigin and spread of human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup U7
Human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup U is among the initial maternal founders in Southwest Asia and Europe and one that best indicates matrilineal genetic continuity between late Pleistocene hunter-gatherer grou...
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The Simons Genome Diversity Project: 300 genomes from 142 diverse populations
Here we report the Simons Genome Diversity Project data set: high quality genomes from 300 individuals from 142 diverse populations. These genomes include at least 5.8 million base pairs that are not present i...
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Open AccessCorrection: Corrigendum: Genetic affinities of the Jewish populations of India
Scientific Reports 6: Article number: 19166; published online: 13 January 2016; updated: 23 May 2016. After publication of our paper, it was kindly brought to our attention that the genomewide dataset (11 samp...
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Open AccessGenetic affinities of the Jewish populations of India
Due to the lack of written records or inscription, the origin and affiliation of Indian Jewish populations with other world populations remain contentious. Previous genetic studies have found evidence for a mi...
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Open AccessDissecting the influence of Neolithic demic diffusion on Indian Y-chromosome pool through J2-M172 haplogroup
The global distribution of J2-M172 sub-haplogroups has been associated with Neolithic demic diffusion. Two branches of J2-M172, J2a-M410 and J2b-M102 make a considerable part of Y chromosome gene pool of the I...
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Uncoupling of X-linked gene silencing from XIST binding by DICER1 and chromatin modulation on human inactive X chromosome
In mammals, X-inactivation process is achieved by the cis-spreading of long noncoding **st RNA over one of the female X chromosomes. The **st binding accumulates histones H3 methylation and H4 hypoacetylation req...
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Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans
A sequencing study comparing ancient and contemporary genomes reveals that most present-day Europeans derive from at least three highly differentiated populations: west European hunter-gatherers, ancient north...
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GATA simple sequence repeats function as enhancer blocker boundaries
Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) account for ~3% of the human genome, but their functional significance still remains unclear. One of the prominent SSRs the GATA tetranucleotide repeat has preferentially accumul...
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Complex genetic origin of Indian populations and its implications
Indian populations are classified into various caste, tribe and religious groups, which altogether makes them very unique compared to rest of the world. The long-term firm socio-religious boundaries and the st...
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Open AccessHigh prevalence of Arginine to Glutamine Substitution at 98, 141 and 162 positions in Troponin I (TNNI3) associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy among Indians
Troponin I (TNNI3) is the inhibitory subunit of the thin filament regulatory complex Troponin, which confers calcium-sensitivity to striated muscle actomyosin ATPase activity. Mutations (2-7%) in this gene had be...
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The charms of sex chromosomes in snakes
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The genetic structure of south Asian populations as revealed by 650 000 SNPs
