Indian Journal of Physical Anthropology and Human Genetics


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Indian Journal of Physical Anthropology and Human Genetics

     
Volume 40 January-June 2021 No. 1

CONTENTS

  
1 Forensic Aspects of DNA Methylation: A Review Arti Yadav, Dimple Bhatia, Jaskirandeep Kaur Jossan
Rajinder Singh
1-15
2 Digit Ratio and Autism: A Brief Report Biswarup Dey, Piyali Das, Diptendu Chatterjee
Arup Ratan Bandyopadhyay
17-21
3 ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy: A Confirmatory and Non-destructive Approach
for the Identification and Discrimination of Blood Stains
from Look-alike Non- Blood Substances
Sweety Sharma, Jaskirandeep Kaur Jossan
Karan Singh and Rajinder Singh
23-37
4 Estimating Sex from Skull Employing Walker's Non-metric Scoring Method Sadhna Verma and Udai Pratap Singh 39-45
5 Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) Taste Sensitivity Among Indian Population with
Special Reference to Rongmei Naga Tribe of Manipur, India
Basant Kumar Sen, B. S. Aribam
Rajesh K. Gautam
47-65
6 A Comparative Study of Face Biometrics Among Brahmin and
Vaishya Males of Lucknow District (Uttar Pradesh)
Preeti Gupta and Udai Pratap Singh 67-78
7 Quantitative Variation of Hair: Some Aspects of Evolutionary Biology Madhumati Chatterjee 79-85
8 Ethnomedicinal Investigation for Treating Piles Among
Tribal People of Bajag Forest Range of Central India
Mahesh Chandra Pal, Udai Pratap Singh
Rahul Patel
87-98
  
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