Mitochondrial and Y chromosome haplotype motifs as diagnostic markers of Jewish ancestry: A reconsideration

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  Tofanelli, Sergio ^a   Taglioli, Luca ^a   Bertoncini, Stefania ^a   Francalacci, Paolo ^b   Klyosov, Anatole ^c   Pagani, Luca ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c The Academy of DNA Genealogy   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ashkenazi; Cohanim; Genetic motifs; Haplotype; Jewish; Levites; mtDNA; NRY

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DATA BASE; DNA BINDING MOTIF; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; JEW; MUTATION RATE; POLYPHYLY; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84917673531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00384     Document Type: Article

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