Table 1.
Datasets used in this study.
| Dataset | Details | References |
|---|---|---|
| The National Geographic Society's Genographic Project | The Genographic Project is studying the genetic signatures of ancient human migrations and creating a database of yDNA and mtDNA profiles. Currently, there are over 800,000 participants from over 140 countries. | Genographic, 2016 |
| The Ethnic Groups of South Asia | The study covered a high-resolution assessment (69 informative Y-chromosome binary markers and 10 microsatellite markers) of a large set of representative ethnic groups of South Asia. This included 728 samples from India representing 36 populations, with 17 tribal populations, from six geographic regions and different social and linguistic categories, and 176 samples from Pakistan representing eight populations. | Sengupta et al., 2006 |
| The Origin of Romanies | The haplotype frequencies for 11 Y-STR markers in a Romani population (n = 63) from Slovakia, Jats of Haryana (n = 84), and Jat Sikhs (n = 80) from India were assessed. | Nagy et al., 2007 |
| Paternal Lineages among North Indians | A total of 32 Y-chromosomal markers in 560 North Indian males collected from three higher caste groups (Brahmins, Chaturvedis, and Bhargavas) and two Muslims groups (Shia and Sunni) were genotyped. | Zhao et al., 2008 |
| The Himachal Pradesh, India Autosomal and Y-Chromosome Study | Genotypic analysis of 48 Malani individuals at 15 highly polymorphic autosomal STR loci. | Giroti and Talwar, 2010 |
| The Ezhava Population of Kerala | Haplotype analysis of the Ezhava population of Kerala (n = 104), South India, using eight STR loci on the Y chromosome. | Nair et al., 2011 |
| The Dravidian populations | Two Dravidian populations, namely Lingayat (n = 101) and Vokkaliga (n = 102), who represent the two major communities of the Karnataka state, were examined using high-resolution analyses of Y-SNPs and 17 Y-STR loci. | Chennakrishnaiah et al., 2013 |
| The Pathans Group of Pakistan | Haplotype analysis of 22 Y-STR haplotypes and Y haplogroup distribution in Pathans (n = 270) of Pakistan. | Lee et al., 2014 |
A master dataset of 2,504 Y-chromosome profiles of 50 ethnic groups in the Indian subcontinent was compiled from eight different sources.