Genetic study conducted on Lakshadweep

11, May 2019

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  • For the very first-time scientists carried out a genetic study on people of Lakshadweep Islands.
  • It was conducted by a team of researchers at CSIR’s (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research) Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB).
  • It found the close genetic link of Lakshadweep islanders with people from the Maldives, Sri Lanka, and India.
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