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Jewish and Middle Eastern non-Jewish populations share a common pool of Y-chromosome biallelic haplotypesHaplotypes constructed from Y-chromosome markers were used to trace the paternal origins of the Jewish Diaspora. A set of 18 biallelic polymorphisms was genotyped in 1,371 males from 29 populations, including 7 Jewish (Ashkenazi, Roman, North African, Kurdish, Near Eastern, Yemenite, and Ethiopian) and 16 non-Jewish groups from similar geographic locations. The Jewish populations were characterized by a diverse set of 13 haplotypes that were also present in non-Jewish populations from Africa, Asia, and Europe. A series ...
Source: Genetic Chaos - August 22, 2006 Category: Geneticists and Genetics Commentators Authors: Havelock Source Type: blogs
