The genetics of Bene Israel from India reveals both substantial Jewish and Indian ancestry

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Waldman, Yedael Y ^a,b   Biddanda, Arjun ^a   Davidson, Natalie R ^a,g   Billing Ross, Paul ^a   Dubrovsky, Maya ^b,c   Campbell, Christopher L ^d   Oddoux, Carole ^d   Friedman, Eitan ^b,c   Atzmon, Gil ^d,e   Halperin, Eran ^b,f   Ostrer, Harry ^d   Keinan, Alon ^a  

^a Program on Infrastructure Policy   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^f INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BENE ISRAEL (PEOPLE); BOTTLENECK POPULATION; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIAN; JEW; MALE; PAKISTANI; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; X CHROMOSOME; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; INDIA; ISRAEL; PAKISTAN;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; ISRAEL; JEWS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84962127874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152056     Document Type: Article

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