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Science 27 January 2006:
Vol. 311. no. 5760, p. 470
DOI: 10.1126/science.1120670
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Technical Comments

Response to Comment on "Reconstructing the Origin of Andaman Islanders"

Kumarasamy Thangaraj,1* Gyaneshwer Chaubey,1,2 Toomas Kivisild,2 Alla G. Reddy,1 Vijay Kumar Singh,1 Avinash A. Rasalkar,1 Lalji Singh1*

The mitochondrial DNA coding region substitutions shared by the Andamanese and two Rajbanshi individuals suggests the early split of M31 from some continental Indian mitochondrial DNA lineages at the time depth 11/14 of the age of haplogroup M. This is still consistent with the ancient isolation of these gene pools, albeit not as early as the initial phase of human migration out of Africa.

1 Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad-500 007, India.
2 Estonian Biocenter, Riia 23, Tartu-51010, Estonia.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: thangs{at}ccmb.res.in (K.T.); lalji{at}ccmb.res.in (L.S.)

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