Jammu And Kashmir Gujjars, Pashtuns’ Genes Similar

In a recent study, the city-based Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) has found that Gujjars of Jammu region have a close affinity with Pashtuns from Afghanistan and Sindhis of Pakistan more than Ladakhis. Gujjars and Ladakhis are genetically distant from each other, it said. Gujjars had shown an affinity towards the nomadic groups of Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as Sindhis of Pakistan. The researchers used multiple sets of DNA-based markers to conduct the studies.