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A project that aims at carrying the message of brotherhood
Staff Reporter
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India is a perfect place for genetic studies, says Regional Director
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— Photo: S. James
All in the genes: A. Virumandi, who is one of the sample members of the project, addressing a meeting in Madurai.
MADURAI: A. Virumandi of Usilampatti in Madurai district is one among the remnants of a tribe of coastal migrants who crossed Africa through the Indian subcontinent to enter Australia 50,000 years ago.
Only 10 per cent of people, having genes similar to Virumandi, existed now.
This and more interesting findings are to come up with the launch of Genographic Project at the Madurai Kamaraj University.
‘No caste is pure’ and mankind is a story of migration, miscegenation and cultural evolution, said RM. Pitchappan, Professor Emeritus, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, during a public meet to launch the project at university college auditorium here recently.
An estimated 40 million US dollar project, which runs for four years, is funded by the National Geographic Society, IBM and The Tedd Waitt Family Foundation, United States of America.
Prof. Pitchappan is the Regional Director of the project.
It is aimed at carrying the message of brotherhood to every nook and corner of the world.
After Africa, geographical dispersal of the human race was in the Indian subcontinent.
The Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid (DNA) patterns of contemporary world population suggest that both in terms of genetic and anatomic sense they had descended from Africa some 50,000 years ago.
India was a perfect place for such genetic studies, Prof. Pitchappan said.
P. Maruthamuthu, Vice-Chancellor, Madurai Kamaraj University, launched the Genographic Project from Chennai through a mobile phone.
The Registrar, I. Singaram, was the chief guest.
Excerpts from Journey of Man, a documentary film produced by National Geographic Corporation, was also screened.
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