Origin and identity of the Brokpa of Dah-Hanu, Himalayas – an NRY-HG L1a2 (M357) legacy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13923915 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adikarla Syama (Madurai Kamaraj University), Varadarajan Santhakumari Arun (Madurai Kamaraj University), GaneshPrasad ArunKumar (Madurai Kamaraj University), Subhadeepta Ray (Tezpur University), Ray Subhadeepta (Tezpur University), Kai Friese (India Today, Noida, India), Ramasamy Pitchappan (0000-0002-6065-1935, Madurai Kamaraj University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 7-8 |
| Pages | 562-573 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of Human Biology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0301-4460 • E-ISSN: 1464-5033 |
| Publisher | Informa (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03014460.2019.1694700 |
| PMID | 31856597 |
| OpenAlex | W2995679020 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 39 |
Background: The Brokpas are an isolated tribal population of the Dah-Hanu villages of the Leh district of India. They speak Dardic, a sub-branch of the Indo-European language family, and are putatively identified as "pure Aryan," a hegemonic impression perpetuated by foreign tourism. Aim: To determine if the above is true by looking for an appreciable frequency of NRY-HG-R1a1(M17) signatures which are common to Indo-European language speakers of mainland India and elsewhere. Subjects and methods: We studied 75 random Brokpa males from the Dah-Hanu region, on the northern bank of the Indus river. Results: Interestingly, the Brokpa males possessed a high proportion of NRY-HG-L1a2(M357) (62.7%) that are found sporadically in India and her neighbourhood. A global analysis of this clade (present study, 214 of 3327 men from 63 populations; from the literature 56 of 873) suggested that they originated from southern India. Conclusion: The Y chromosomal studies suggest the Brokpa to be pre-Vedic settlers of the Himalayas, 9000 ybp, with an isolated evolution. The mtDNA profile shows a predominance of mtDNA HG A4 that must have arrived from outside the Indian subcontinent
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |