Signatures of founder effects, admixture, and selection in the Ashkenazi Jewish population

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 37, 2010, Pages 16222-16227

  Bray, Steven M ^a   Mulle, Jennifer G ^a   Dodd, Anne F ^a   Pulver, Ann E ^b   Wooding, Stephen ^c   Warren, Stephen T ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic isolate; Heterozygosity; Identity by descent; Linkage disequilibrium

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL TOLERANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 11 DEFICIENCY; BLOOM SYNDROME; BREAST CANCER; CANAVAN DISEASE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DYSAUTONOMIA; EUROPE; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FANCONI ANEMIA; FOUNDER EFFECT; GAUCHER DISEASE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE TYPE 1; HAPLOTYPE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINISM; JEW; LACTOSE TOLERANCE; MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE; MIDDLE EAST; MORBIDITY; MUCOLIPIDOSIS; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; OVARY CANCER; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POPULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAY SACHS DISEASE; TORSION DYSTONIA; Y CHROMOSOME; GENETICS; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; POPULATION GENETICS;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; JEWS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77957999545     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1004381107     Document Type: Article

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