Founding mothers of Jewish communities: Geographically separated Jewish groups were independently founded by very few female ancestors

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1411-1420

  Thomas, Mark G ^a   Weale, Michael E ^a   Jones, Abigail L ^a   Richards, Martin ^b   Smith, Alice ^a   Redhead, Nicola ^a   Torroni, Antonio ^c,d   Scozzari, Rosaria ^d   Gratrix, Fiona ^a   Tarekegn, Ayele ^a   Wilson, James F ^a   Capelli, Cristian ^a   Goldstein, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENOTE; SEX DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 18344362614     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340609     Document Type: Article

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