Maternal Genetic Ancestry of Gujarat: A Pleistocene Passage to India
The data suggest that western India retains largely indigenous maternal ancestry, with little evidence for major maternal migration or replacement over the last 40,000 years. West Eurasian lineages entered in several small waves rather than a single large influx, challenging the classic Indo-Aryan migration model.
Authors
- P S Pandey
- Rahul Mishra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2608-7856)
- Rudra Kumar Pandey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0995-923X)
- Prajjval Pratap Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8081-5634)
- Sachin Kumar Tiwary (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3838-9659)
- Mohammed H. M. Alqaisi
- Bhargav C. Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7982-7443)
- Sunil Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5925-3665)
- Anandita Roy
- Shailesh Desai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1812-5106)
- Jose Tom Rapheal
- Gyaneshwer Chaubey
- Shruti Bhutra
- Alejandro Gamboa
- Debjani Das
- Gurudatta Baraka
Institutions
- National Forensic Sciences University (IN)
- University of Medicine and Health Sciences (KN)
- Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine (KN)
- Amity University (AE)
- Medical University of the Americas (KN)
- National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IN)
- Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (IN)
- Banaras Hindu University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Biological Anthropology
- Published
- 2025-12-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.70193
- Primary Topic
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
- Indian Council of Medical Research
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
- Banaras Hindu University
- Indian Council for Cultural Relations