The Genetic Legacy of Religious Diversity and Intolerance: Paternal Lineages of Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 725-736

  Adams, Susan M ^a   Bosch, Elena ^a   Balaresque, Patricia L ^a   Ballereau, Stéphane J ^a   Lee, Andrew C ^a   Arroyo, Eduardo ^b   López Parra, Ana M ^b   Aler, Mercedes ^c   Grifo, Marina S Gisbert ^c   Brion, Maria ^d   Carracedo, Angel ^d   Lavinha, João ^e   Martínez Jarreta, Begoña ^f   Quintana Murci, Lluis ^g   Picornell, Antònia ^h   Ramon, Misericordia ^h   Skorecki, Karl ^i,j   Behar, Doron M ⁱ   Calafell, Francesc ^k   Jobling, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Facultad de Medicina   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^g INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^h UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

ⁱ Molecular Medicine Laboratory   (Israel)

^j TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^k UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRISTIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; JEW; MALE; MOSLEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; Y CHROMOSOME;

CHRISTIANITY; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; ISLAM; JEWS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GROUPS; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 57149148084     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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