A genetic profile of contemporary Jewish populations

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 891-898

  Ostrer, Harry ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; JEW; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMAN; JEWS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MUTATION;

EID: 0035514049     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35098506     Document Type: Review

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