Multiple Origins of Ashkenazi Levites: Y Chromosome Evidence for Both Near Eastern and European Ancestries

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 768-779

  Behar, Doron M ^a   Thomas, Mark G ^b   Skorecki, Karl ^a,d   Hammer, Michael F ^c   Bulygina, Ekaterina ^b   Rosengarten, Dror ^a   Jones, Abigail L ^b   Held, Karen ^b   Moses, Vivian ^b   Goldstein, David ^b   Bradman, Neil ^b   Weale, Michael E ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATERNALISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0142027594     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378506     Document Type: Article

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