Toward resolution of the debate regarding purported crypto-Jews in a Spanish-American population: Evidence from the Y chromosome

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 100-111

  Sutton, Wesley K ^a   Knight, Alec ^b   Underhill, Peter A ^c   Neulander, Judith S ^d   Disotell, Todd R ^a   Mountain, Joanna L ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA variation; Folklore; History of New Mexico; Population genetics; Religious studies

Indexed keywords

POPULATION GENETICS;

ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ETHNOLOGY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; POPULATION GENETICS; SPAIN; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; JEWS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPAIN;

EID: 33644661350     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460500475870     Document Type: Article

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