- An academic minded, intellectual interested in all matters of science, , arts, culture, philosophy etc. pursuing a fe... moreAn academic minded, intellectual interested in all matters of science, , arts, culture, philosophy etc. pursuing a few research issues related to antiquity, population structure and affinity of Indian populations.edit
El potencial productivo de zonas boscosas de coppice de roble en Gran Bretaña Daniel J Franklin ... * Coppice = Corta periódico de árboles maduros y el crecimiento subsiguiente de nuevos rebrotes laterales del tocón. ... KC Malhotra et... more
El potencial productivo de zonas boscosas de coppice de roble en Gran Bretaña Daniel J Franklin ... * Coppice = Corta periódico de árboles maduros y el crecimiento subsiguiente de nuevos rebrotes laterales del tocón. ... KC Malhotra et al, los autores son socios del Indian ...
We conducted this study to explore the socioeconomic conditions, and health and nutritional status of whole time child domestic labor. 330 children engaged in domestic child labor ranging between 8 to 14 years of age from the metropolitan... more
We conducted this study to explore the socioeconomic conditions, and health and nutritional status of whole time child domestic labor. 330 children engaged in domestic child labor ranging between 8 to 14 years of age from the metropolitan city of Kolkata were studied. Majority of the domestic child laborers were girls and migrants coming from illiterate families. These children were physically, mentally or sexually abused. Further, they suffered from anemia, gastrointestinal tract infections, vitamin deficiencies, respiratory tract infections and skin diseases along with a high prevalence of malnutrition. The study highlights the poor state of domestic child labor in Kolkata, India.
Research Interests: Child Welfare, Adolescent, Employment, India, Humans, and 8 moreChild, Child Abuse, Female, Male, Indian, Nutritional Status, Health Status, and Time Factors
This paper analyzes the variation in the mean stature of adult males of a variety of population groups in India and examines the influence of geographical, climatic and ethnic factors on it. A considerable variation in mean stature has... more
This paper analyzes the variation in the mean stature of adult males of a variety of population groups in India and examines the influence of geographical, climatic and ethnic factors on it. A considerable variation in mean stature has been found with respect to these three attributes. Variation "between" ethnic groups compared with "within" ethnic groups was found to be much more than that of geographical and climatic zones. Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) populations have much low average height than that of General Castes (GC). Climatically dry and semiarid zones have a tendency to have higher stature than in the Monsoon areas. The mean height has been found to be the highest in north India. It is closely followed by west India. An interesting feature is that as one goes towards east and south the mean height gradually decreases. It is the lowest in islands. The mean heights have been regressed on geographical, climatic and ethnic factors, afte...
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Page 1. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGY Vol. 7 - N. 1 (23-40) - 1992 KC Malhotra TS Vasulu Indian Statistical Institute Calcutta 700 035 India YS Dikshitulu RC Gupta Central Finger Print Bureau Calcutta 700 017 India ...
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A few human populations, by virtue of their unique setup in their eco-cultural milieu, provide unusual advantages for investigating some of the key-issues in human population genetics. Some of the multipurpose studies (HIERNAUX, 1956;... more
A few human populations, by virtue of their unique setup in their eco-cultural milieu, provide unusual advantages for investigating some of the key-issues in human population genetics. Some of the multipurpose studies (HIERNAUX, 1956; LIVINGSTONE, 1961; NEEL et al., 1964; ...
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Anthropometric variation and sex differences were investigated among the Yanadi tribe, who live in different regions and show differences in population structure variables and form regional breeding populations. In case of within... more
Anthropometric variation and sex differences were investigated among the Yanadi tribe, who live in different regions and show differences in population structure variables and form regional breeding populations. In case of within population variation in anthropometric characters, ...
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Research Interests: Genetics, Biological Anthropology, Human Evolution, Population Genetics, Southeast Asia, and 10 moreMultidisciplinary, India, Humans, Genetic diversity of Indian tribes, Genetic diversity of Indian castes and tribes of India, Molecular Antrhopology, DNA fingerprinting, PLoS one, Asian Continental Ancestry Group, and Genetic variation
KEYWORDS Genetic affinity; Jat and Kurmi; caste; average heterozygosity, geographical proximity ABSTRACT This study attempts to understand the genetic structure and affinity among two major ethnic caste groups viz., Jat and Kurmi of north... more
KEYWORDS Genetic affinity; Jat and Kurmi; caste; average heterozygosity, geographical proximity ABSTRACT This study attempts to understand the genetic structure and affinity among two major ethnic caste groups viz., Jat and Kurmi of north India in order to examine the effect of geographical as well as occupational proximity among these groups and their genetic relationship with two other predominant populations
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Genotypic polymorphism studies at 15 highly polymorphic short tandem repeat (STR) loci were carried out in two populations belonging to one caste and one tribal group of Madhya Pradesh, in central region of India. These include 110... more
Genotypic polymorphism studies at 15 highly polymorphic short tandem repeat (STR) loci were carried out in two populations belonging to one caste and one tribal group of Madhya Pradesh, in central region of India. These include 110 individuals from Brahmin caste (Kanyakubj) and 89 from Gond tribe (Ojha). The 15 loci studied are: 13 CODIS STR core markers, i.e., D8S1179, D3S1358, D21S11, D7S820, CSF1PO, vWA, TPOX, D18S51, THO1, D13S317, D16S539, D5S818, FGA and 2 other loci D19S433 and D2S1338. The results show departure from the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium with respect to two loci, viz., D3S1358 and FGA in Gond tribe and at seven loci, viz., D21S11, D19S433, TPOX, D18S51, THO1, D5S818, and FGA in Brahmin caste. Population differentiation tests between the two studied populations and with seven neighboring populations (4 tribes and 3 castes - two middle castes and one Deshasth Brahmin) revealed significant differences at several loci. The power of discrimination of the microsatellite markers used was found to be high for both the populations. The data thereof is of immense significance for forensic result interpretation and is an addition to the existing autosomal STR database on Indian population.
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Research Interests: Forensic Science, Polymorphism, Population Genetics, Genetic Diversity, India, and 10 moreHumans, Human Identification, Genomic diversity of Adi tribes, Clinical Sciences, Legal Medicine, Genetic Polymorphism, Asian Continental Ancestry Group, Genetic variation, Short Tandem Repeat, and Allele Frequency
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Anthropometric variation can be fruitfully utilized to investigate microevolutionary processes. Anthropometric variations in the Indian subcontinent based on stature and three indices (Cephalic Index, Nasal Index, and Total Facial Index)... more
Anthropometric variation can be fruitfully utilized to investigate microevolutionary processes. Anthropometric variations in the Indian subcontinent based on stature and three indices (Cephalic Index, Nasal Index, and Total Facial Index) are highly variable and discriminative among populations across geographical regions. Anthropometric variation in stature, Cephalic Index (CI), Nasal Index (NI) and Total Facial Index (TFI) were investigated with respect to ethnic, linguistic, geographical and climatic affiliation, across the Indian subcontinent. Published data on anthropometric variations of 531 populations from the Indian subcontinent were analysed using discriminant analysis and spatial autocorrelation analysis. Discriminant analysis of the four anthropometric variables shows that stature and NI are good discriminators for populations of different languages. Stature, NI and CI discriminate well among populations of diverse ethnic origin and climatic conditions in different regions. TFI is not a good discriminator for populations of diverse ethnic, linguistic and climatic attributes. Spatial autocorrelation analysis showed significant departure from randomness, suggesting geographic structuring. The Moran's I estimate is positive and statistically significant for the four variables at low distances but exhibits significant negative association at higher values. The results suggest geographical clines for the four anthropometric variables and indicate the influence of population structure on the studied variables.
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Size and shape components of Mahalanobis D2 were computed from a set of anthropometric characters among the Yanadis, a tribe in the south eastern part of Andhra Pradesh, India. These people are in a transitional stage of development and... more
Size and shape components of Mahalanobis D2 were computed from a set of anthropometric characters among the Yanadis, a tribe in the south eastern part of Andhra Pradesh, India. These people are in a transitional stage of development and show differences in sociocultural variables between different geographical regions. From the study it appears that the pattern of differences due to size and shape is the same as that of general distance, irrespective of whether the distances were computed for male, female or pooled data, with some exceptions for females. The noteworthy finding is that the shape components for men and women dominate and are more similar than corresponding size components, thereby indicating that males and females are morphologically similar with respect to their relative measurements. The association of the morphological distances for the five breeding populations with the corresponding road, map and migrational distances were also investigated using simple and partial correlations. The results suggest that the migrational distance among the three is the strongest influencing factor for the morphological differences. The road distance also maintains a very high degree of association, especially with shape components.
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Research Interests: Evolutionary Biology, Geography, Archaeology, Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, and 23 morePopulation Genetics, Principal Component Analysis, Population genetics (Biology), Physical Anthropology, Language, Molecular Anthropology, Genetics and Culture, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, India, Phylogeny, Humans, Language - Genetics interplay, Genetic diversity of Indian populations, Genetic Structure of Indian populations, Antiquity of Indian populations, Cluster Analysis, Microsatellite Markers, Ethnic Groups, Genetic variation, Tribes of India, Human Genomic Diversity, Origin and Antiqutiy, and Human Population Structure
Research Interests: Evolutionary Biology, Geography, Archaeology, Anthropology, Biological Anthropology, and 15 moreForensic Anthropology, Population Genetics, Molecular Anthropology, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, India, Population structure, Humans, Regression Analysis, Genetic Population Structure, American, Biological evolution, Ethnic Groups, Genetic Differentiation, Analysis of Variance, and Genetic variation
An Iron Age (megalithic) skull recovered from a cist burial complex at Agripalle, Andhra Pradesh, India, exhibits extensive erosion of the calvarium, areas of sclerotic diploe, irregular osteitic and periosteitic lesions, and deep... more
An Iron Age (megalithic) skull recovered from a cist burial complex at Agripalle, Andhra Pradesh, India, exhibits extensive erosion of the calvarium, areas of sclerotic diploe, irregular osteitic and periosteitic lesions, and deep ulcerations with a granulomatous appearance of nodular foci due to bone remodeling. These lesions are found over the entire surface, but are less severe in the temporal region and in the occipital region below lambda. There is extensive ulceration and destruction of the orbital roof and the nasopalatine region. A thick bony mass representing a healed lesion is present on the nasal margin. Comparison with the pathologic skeletal series of Ortner and Putschar ([1981] Smithson. Contrib. Anthropol. 28:180-218), Steinbock ([1976] Paleopathology: Diagnosis and Interpretation, pp.86-169), and Calvin ([1964] Bones and Disease: Evidence of Disease and Abnormality in Early Man) indicates that these findings warrant a diagnosis of an advanced stage of treponematosis. The material from Agripalle, together with similar specimens recovered from the sites of Bhimbetka (Iron Age) and Inamgaon (Chalcolithic), furnish additional evidence supporting the hypothesis of the prehistoric antiquity of treponemal disease in both the New and Old Worlds.
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KEY WORDS Heritability; intrafamilial; stature; weight; Mahisya ... ABSTRACT Intrafamilial relationship and heritability estimates of height and weight were estimated from data on 138 families of Mahishya caste, an agricultural... more
KEY WORDS Heritability; intrafamilial; stature; weight; Mahisya ... ABSTRACT Intrafamilial relationship and heritability estimates of height and weight were estimated from data on 138 families of Mahishya caste, an agricultural popu-lation of Chakpota village in Howrah District, West Bengal. ...