About the Authors

Cholendra Arja

Affiliation Department Of Anthropology, Division Of Human Genetics, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India

Rajasekhara Reddy Ravuri

Affiliation Department Of Human Genetics, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India

Venugopal N. Pulamaghatta

Affiliation Anthropological Survey Of India, Southern Regional Centre, Mysore, Karnataka, India

Krishna Mohan Surapaneni

Affiliation Department Of Biochemistry, Saveetha Medical College & Hospital, Faculty Of Medicine, Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Premanand Raya

Affiliation Premananda Allergy And Chest Hospital, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India

Chandrasekhar Adimoolam

Affiliation Anthropological Survey Of India, Southern Regional Centre, Mysore, Karnataka, India

Kodanda Reddy Kanala

Kanalakr@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department Of Anthropology, Division Of Human Genetics, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KRK PR CSA KMS. Performed the experiments: CA RRR. Analyzed the data: CA RRR VNP. Wrote the paper: AC RRR KRK.