Extended y chromosome haplotypes resolve multiple and unique lineages of the Jewish priesthood

Human Genetics

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 707-717

  Hammer, Michael F ^a   Behar, Doron M ^b   Karafet, Tatiana M ^a   Mendez, Fernando L ^a   Hallmark, Brian ^a   Erez, Tamar ^a   Zhivotovsky, Lev A ^c   Rosset, Saharon ^d   Skorecki, Karl ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Molecular Medicine Laboratory   (Israel)

^c VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLERGY; GENEALOGY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; Y CHROMOSOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY SIZE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; RELIGION;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; JEWS; JUDAISM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 73949108745     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-009-0727-5     Document Type: Article

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