Y chromosome evidence for a founder effect in Ashkenazi Jews

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 388-391

  Nebel, Almut ^a,b,d   Filon, Dvora ^b   Faerman, Marina ^c   Soodyall, Himla ^a   Oppenheim, Ariella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ashkenazi Jews; Founder effect; Y chromosome haplotypes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JEW; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; EUROPE, EASTERN; FOUNDER EFFECT; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; JEWS; MALE;

EID: 14944376864     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201319     Document Type: Article

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