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. 2018 Jan 23;9:4. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2018.00004

Table 3.

Fifty ethnic groups of the Indian Subcontinent (n = 2,504) represented in 14 Y-Chromosome Haplogroups, with their markers and date scale.

Markers M130 M96 M89 M201 M69 M170 M304 M9 M11 M175 M48 M242 M207 M184
Date scale, kya ~50 ~30–40 ~45 ~10–23 ~30 ~25 ~15 ~40 ~25–30 ~35 ~35 ~15–20 ~4–27 ~25
Ethnic groups n C E F G H I J K L O P Q R T Data sources (8)
Bangladesh, Bangladeshi 22 Genographic, 2016
Bangladesh, Bengali 49 Genographic, 2016
India, Agharia 10 Sengupta et al., 2006
India, Ambalakarar 29 Sengupta et al., 2006
India, Assamese 6 Genographic, 2016
India, Bhargavas 96 Zhao et al., 2008
India, Brahmin 152 Sengupta et al., 2006; Zhao et al., 2008; Nair et al., 2011
India, Chamar 18 Sengupta et al., 2006
India, Chaturvedis 88 Zhao et al., 2008
India, Ezhava 113 Nair et al., 2011; Genographic, 2016
India, Gujarati 116 Genographic, 2016
India, Halba 20 Sengupta et al., 2006
India, Ho 30 Sengupta et al., 2006
India, Irula 30 Sengupta et al., 2006
India, Iyengar 43 Sengupta et al., 2006; Genographic, 2016
India, Iyer 51 Sengupta et al., 2006; Genographic, 2016
India, Jamatia 30 Sengupta et al., 2006
India, Jat Haryana 108 Nagy et al., 2007; Genographic, 2016
India, Jat Sikh 98 Nagy et al., 2007; Genographic, 2016
India, Kamar 30 Sengupta et al., 2006
India, Kashmiri 21 Genographic, 2016
India, Koknasth Brahmin 25 Sengupta et al., 2006
India, Konda Reddy 30 Sengupta et al., 2006
India, Konkane 53 Genographic, 2016
India, Kota 15 Sengupta et al., 2006
India, Koya Dora 27 Sengupta et al., 2006
India, Kurumba 19 Sengupta et al., 2006
India, Lingayat 101 Chennakrishnaiah et al., 2013
India, Lodha 20 Sengupta et al., 2006
India, Malani 30 Giroti and Talwar, 2010
India, Malayali 97 Genographic, 2016
India, Maratha 88 Sengupta et al., 2006; Genographic, 2016
India, Mizo 27 Sengupta et al., 2006
India, Muria 20 Sengupta et al., 2006
India, Nair 48 Nair et al., 2011; Genographic, 2016
India, Pallan 29 Sengupta et al., 2006
India, Rajput 47 Genographic, 2016
India, Tripuri 20 Sengupta et al., 2006
India, Vanniyar 25 Sengupta et al., 2006
India, Vellalar 32 Sengupta et al., 2006; Nair et al., 2011
India, Vokkaliga 102 Chennakrishnaiah et al., 2013
Pakistan, Balochi 29 Sengupta et al., 2006; Genographic, 2016
Pakistan, Brahui 25 Sengupta et al., 2006
Pakistan, Burusho 20 Sengupta et al., 2006
Pakistan, Hazara 27 Sengupta et al., 2006
Pakistan, Kalash 20 Sengupta et al., 2006
Pakistan, Makrani 20 Sengupta et al., 2006
Pakistan, Pashtun 20 Genographic, 2016
Pakistan, Pathan 288 Sengupta et al., 2006; Lee et al., 2014
Pakistan, Sindhi 40 Sengupta et al., 2006; Genographic, 2016
Total 2,504 76 14 71 84 403 15 279 37 281 175 11 65 963 30
Percent (%) 100 3.0 0.6 2.8 3.4 16.1 0.6 11.1 1.5 11.2 7.0 0.4 2.6 38.5 1.2

Sources for markers and date scale: (Smolenyak and Turner, 2004; Wells, 2007; Y-DNA Haplogroup Tree, markers, and descriptions at ISOGG, http://isogg.org/tree/index.html). kya = 1000 years ago.