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Morphological composition of the people of India

Kailash C. Malhotra
- 01 Jan 1978 - 
- Vol. 7, Iss: 1, pp 45-53
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In this paper, the spatial and temporal aspects of human morphological variation in India are discussed, and four morphological types (Australoids, Negritos, Mongoloids and Caucasoids) have been discerned in the contemporary Indian population.
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This article is published in Journal of Human Evolution.The article was published on 1978-01-01. It has received 53 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Endogamy.

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Genetic variation at fifteen microsatellite loci in human populations of india

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that STR markers may delineate different ethnic, linguistic and geographical populations of India as well as geographical proximity was the main factor determining genetic affinity among the populations.
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Racial, Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Elements in Indian Population

M K Bhasin
TL;DR: The populations of India and other South Asian countries offer great opportunities to study socio-cultural and genetic variability as mentioned in this paper, where people of different groups living side by side for hundreds or even thousands of year try to retain their separate entities by practicing endogamy.
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Sexual dimorphism of the craniofacial region in a South Indian population.

TL;DR: Several features of craniofacial morphometry that can be used for sex determination among the South Indian population are established and serve as a foundation for future studies that aim to compare craniafacial parameters among various ethnic groups in South India.
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Genetic Relationships between Indian Populations and Their Neighbors

TL;DR: The Indian population may be divided into two main divisions, tribal and non-tribal as mentioned in this paper, which are different from the nontribal populations in stature and in cephalic, nasal, and facial indexes.
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Short- to Midterm Results After Posterior Component Separation with Transversus Abdominis Release: Initial Experience from India.

TL;DR: Posterior component separation with transversus abdominis release may have advantages in terms of low recurrence in large hernias in the Indian population and can be used in carefully selected patients.
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