Reich, D., Thangaraj, K., Patterson, N., Price, A. L., & Singh, L. (2009). Reconstructing Indian population history. Nature, 461(7263), 489-494.
Foundational paper establishing ANI and ASI ancestry components
Moorjani, P., Thangaraj, K., Patterson, N., Lipson, M., Loh, P. R., Govindaraj, P., ... & Reich, D. (2013). Genetic evidence for recent population mixture in India. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 93(3), 422-438.
Analysis of admixture timing and population mixture in India
Narasimhan, V. M., Patterson, N., Moorjani, P., Rohland, N., Bernardos, R., Mallick, S., ... & Reich, D. (2019). The formation of human populations in South and Central Asia. Science, 365(6457).
Comprehensive analysis using ancient DNA and modern populations
Basu, A., Sarkar-Roy, N., & Majumder, P. P. (2016). Genomic reconstruction of the history of extant populations of India reveals five distinct ancestral components and a complex structure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(6), 1594-1599.
Five-component model of Indian population structure
Kivisild, T., Rootsi, S., Metspalu, M., Mastana, S., Kaldma, K., Parik, J., ... & Villems, R. (2003). The genetic heritage of the earliest settlers persists both in Indian tribal and caste populations. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 72(2), 313-332.
Y-chromosome and mtDNA analysis of Indian populations
Cordaux, R., Aunger, R., Bentley, G., Nasidze, I., Sirajuddin, S. M., & Stoneking, M. (2004). Independent origins of Indian caste and tribal paternal lineages. Current Biology, 14(3), 231-235.
Genetic differentiation between caste and tribal populations
Sengupta, S., Zhivotovsky, L. A., King, R., Mehdi, S. Q., Edmonds, C. A., Chow, C. E. T., ... & Cavalli-Sforza, L. L. (2006). Polarity and temporality of high-resolution y-chromosome distributions in India identify both indigenous and exogenous expansions and reveal minor genetic influence of Central Asian pastoralists. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 78(2), 202-221.
Y-chromosome phylogeography of South Asian populations
Metspalu, M., Romero, I. G., Yunusbayev, B., Chaubey, G., Mallick, C. B., Hudjashov, G., ... & Villems, R. (2011). Shared and unique components of human population structure and genome-wide signals of positive selection in South Asia. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 89(6), 731-744.
Genome-wide analysis of South Asian population structure