The genetic history of Cochin Jews from India

Human Genetics

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1127-1143

  Waldman, Yedael Y ^a,b   Biddanda, Arjun ^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 Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (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)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; GENE FLOW; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INDIA; JEW; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME; ALLELE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN GENOME; ISRAEL; POPULATION GENETICS;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INDIA; ISRAEL; JEWS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM;

EID: 84976870036     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-016-1698-y     Document Type: Article

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