
New Delhi: A recent genetic study has shed new light on the genetic origin of the Nicobarese, reports Dynamite News correspondent.
A group of researchers from nine institutions co-led by Prof Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi and Dr Kumarasamy Thangaraj, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, conducted a detailed genetic analysis, using DNA markers that are inherited exclusively from mothers and fathers respectively, and those from both the parents.