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. 2014 Oct 2;1:14014. doi: 10.1038/hgv.2014.14

Table 4. The number of ROH (runs of homozygosity) segments among Indian populations.

Population Language group Social status n Number of segments
        1 2 3 4 5 6
Bhil Indo-European Scheduled tribe 7 1
Brahmins_UP Indo-European Upper caste 8
Harijan Indo-European Lower caste 10 1 1
Dharkars Indo-European Lower caste 12 3 2 1
Dusadh Indo-European Lower caste 7
Kanjars Indo-European Lower caste 8 1
Kashmiri Indo-European Upper caste 5
Kol Indo-European Scheduled tribe 17 2 1
Kshatriya Indo-European Upper caste 7
Lodi Indo-European Middle caste 5
Meghawal Indo-European Scheduled tribe 6 1
Muslim Indo-European Religious group 5
Sahariya Indo-European Lower caste 4 1
Satnami Indo-European Lower caste 4 1 1
Tharu Indo-European Scheduled tribe 9 1
UP_Low_Caste Indo-European Lower caste 5 2
Vaish Indo-European Middle caste 4
Chenchu Dravidian Scheduled tribe 10 2 1 1 2 1
Gond Dravidian Scheduled tribe 4
Hakkipikki Dravidian Scheduled tribe 4 1
Hallaki Dravidian Scheduled tribe 7 3 1
Kamsali Dravidian Lower caste 4 1
Kurumba Dravidian Scheduled tribe 13 4 2 1 1
Madiga Dravidian Scheduled tribe 4 1 1
Naidu Dravidian Scheduled tribe 4 1 1
North_Kannadi Dravidian Scheduled tribe 9 1 1
Paniya Dravidian Scheduled tribe 4 2
Piramalai_Kallars Dravidian Lower caste 8 1 1
Pulliyar Dravidian Lower caste 5 2 1
Velmas Dravidian Lower caste 14 2
Vysya Dravidian Lower caste 5 1
North Munda Austroasiatic Scheduled tribe 16 1
South Munda Austroasiatic Scheduled tribe 17 5
Aonaga Tibeto-Burman Scheduled tribe 4 1
Garo Tibeto-Burman Scheduled tribe 4 1
Naga Tibeto-Burman Scheduled tribe 4 1 1
Nysha Tibeto-Burman Scheduled tribe 4
Kusundas Language Isolate Scheduled tribe 14 4 1
Great Andamanese Andaman Scheduled tribe 7 1
Onge Andaman Scheduled tribe 9 3 5