About the Authors

Vikrant Kumar

Affiliation Biological Anthropology Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Hubsiguda, Hyderabad, India

Banrida T Langstieh

Affiliations Biological Anthropology Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Hubsiguda, Hyderabad, India , Department of Anthropology, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India

Komal V Madhavi

Affiliation Biological Anthropology Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Hubsiguda, Hyderabad, India

Vegi M Naidu

Affiliations Biological Anthropology Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Hubsiguda, Hyderabad, India , GSF Hematologikum, Medizinische Klink III, Klinikum Grosshadern, München, Germany

Hardeep Pal Singh

Affiliations Biological Anthropology Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Hubsiguda, Hyderabad, India , Kallam Anji Reddy Molecular Genetics Laboratory, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, L.V. Prasad Marg, Banjara Hills, India

Silpak Biswas

Affiliation Biological Anthropology Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Hubsiguda, Hyderabad, India

Kumarasamy Thangaraj

Affiliation Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India

Lalji Singh

Affiliation Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India

B. Mohan Reddy

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: bmr@isical.ac.in

Affiliation Biological Anthropology Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Hubsiguda, Hyderabad, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

BMR conceived and designed the experiments. VK, BTL, KVM, VMN, HPS, and SB performed the experiments. VK and BMR analyzed the data. KT, LS, and BMR contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. VK, BTL, and BMR collected samples. KT and LS commented on the draft of the manuscript. KT helped in preparing the diagrams. VK and BMR wrote the paper.