Hyderabad- The Sindhi population on the west coast of India has a unique genetic makeup distinct from that of Pakistani Sindhis, a study by scientists has revealed.

Kumarasamy Thangaraj of CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, and Dr Lomous Kumar, a postdoctoral researcher at DST-Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow, examined the common ancestry, local assimilation, and past migration history of the Sindhi population.

Their findings were published in the journal Human Genomics on September 30, a press release by CCMB said on Friday.

“We found that the Sindhi population on the west coast of India has a unique genetic makeup, which is different from Pakistani Sindhis. They show genetic affinities toward the Burusho or Hazara-like group from Pakist

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