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Name Whole Genome Sequences for 60 Indian Individuals Submitting Centre Universitat Pompeu Fabra Secondary accession(s) ERP017860 Description To shed light on the peopling of South Asia and the origins of the morphological adaptations found there, we analyzed whole-genome sequences from 10 Andamanese individuals and compared them with sequences for 60 individuals from mainland Indian populations with different ethnic histories and with publicly available data from other populations. We show that all Asian and Pacific populations share a single origin and expansion out of Africa, contradicting an earlier proposal of two independent waves of migration. We also show that populations from South and Southeast Asia harbor a small proportion of ancestry from an unknown extinct hominin, and this ancestry is absent from Europeans and East Asians. The footprints of adaptive selection in the genomes of the Andamanese show that the characteristic distinctive phenotypes of this population (including very short stature) [b]do not reflect an ancient African origin [/n]but instead result from strong natural selection on genes related to human body size.
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Data availability All sequences produced in this project have been deposited in the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) under accession codes PRJEB11455 (Andamanese whole-genome sequences (FASTQ, BAM and VCF files)) and PRJEB16019 (all remaining continental Indian whole-genome sequences (FASTQ, BAM and a merged VCF file)).
Djehuti Member # 6698
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The Andamanese best reflect ASI (Ancestral South Indian Ancestry) or more accurately one intermediate to ASI and aboriginal populations of Southeast Asia.
the lioness, Member # 17353
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As usual xyyman leaves out the title of the article
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Show me one article or Western science study that refers to Andamanese, Congo, Papuan, Australian Pygmy populations as "normal stature" and their neighbors as "very tall stature".
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