"Like sugar in milk": reconstructing the genetic history of the Parsi population.
Gyaneshwer ChaubeyQasim AyubNiraj RaiSatya PrakashVeena Mushrif-TripathyMassimo MezzavillaAjai Kumar PathakRakesh TamangSadaf FirasatMaere ReidlaMonika KarminDeepa Selvi RaniAlla G ReddyJüri ParikEne MetspaluSiiri RootsiKurush DalalShagufta KhaliqSyed Qasim MehdiLalji SinghMait MetspaluToomas KivisildChris Tyler-SmithRichard VillemsKumarasamy ThangarajPublished in: Genome biology (2017)
Our results are consistent with the historically-recorded migration of the Parsi populations to South Asia in the 7th century and in agreement with their assimilation into the Indian sub-continent's population and cultural milieu "like sugar in milk". Moreover, in a wider context our results support a major demographic transition in West Asia due to the Islamic conquest.