Origins of Falasha Jews studied by haplotypes of the Y chromosome

Human Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 989-993

  Lucotte, Gérard ^a,b   Smets, Pierre ^a  

^a Intl Institute of Anthropology   (France)

^b HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Ethiopians; Jews; Y chromosome haplotypes

Indexed keywords

DNA PROBE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION GENETICS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADULT; DNA PROBES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHIOPIA; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TAQ POLYMERASE; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033485748     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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